Wall Paintings | nikolasvakalisart

A choice of 14 wall paintings out of 57, some of them being either part

of complete iconographic cycles or a choice from

fragments scattered on the walls of either

churches and public buildings

or preserved in museums

around the

world.

Oedipus in Alexandria The everlasting riddle of life as depicted in Alexandria, Egypt, during the Roman rule	Royal Tomb in Hebei, China Accompanying an Emperor to the after-life world	Dormitio Virginis The Dormition of the Virgin Mary
Crucifixion A late Gothic representation of the Christian Drama	Maestà del Belvedere The Virgin with the Child in a Gothic Majesty	Gospel Scenes on the Wall Two artists straddling between late Gothic and early Renaissance
Umbrian Crucifixion Using Perugino's stylish language	Madonna with Child and Saints A holy representation in a typical Umbrian quiet landscape	Coronation of the Virgin Mary The apse of the Church of San Michele Arcangelo in the quiet of a village in the Apennines
Dormition and Coronation A richly decorated apse, result of the cooperation of two great artists	Votive Paintings Art and the tricks of the trade	Virgin Mary and Child A votive painting in a land exhausted by recent sufferings
Oratory of St. John the Baptist A "horror vacui"-like ceiling	Umbrian Landscapes A restrained Futuristic view of the Trasimeno Lake surroundings