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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear Madeleine, The painting you have in mind may be Luca Signorelli's Last Judgement in Orvieto, which I think dates from within a few years of 1500. I have heard, however, that some experts on this painting think that the skeletons were not part of the original composition, but added by a different artist somewhat later. I don't how much agreement there is about this interpretation of the painting's history, however. Best, Nancy Caciola History, UC San Diego At 05:01 PM 7/4/2002 +0100, you wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >I'm sure I've come across (somewhere ... ) a medieval painting of the Last >Judgement which showed skeletons being re-fleshed as part of the >resurrection of the dead. It was a sort of reverse stratigraphy, skeletons >at the bottom of the section, getting more body tissue as they got nearer >the top, then emerging fully fleshed. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html