Basilica of Santa Maria di Campagna... - Secret World

Piazzale delle Crociate, 5, 29121 Piacenza PC, Italia

by Klarissa Richardson

The rich and complex cycle of paintings adorning the main dome of the Basilica of Santa Maria di Campagna, a masterpiece by Pordenone, the greatest exponent of the Friulian sixteenth century, "pictor modernus" for his contemporaries, "rare and famous" for Vasari, depicts the Eternal Father supported by a glory of angels from which descend characters and stories of Christianity.