When one views the art of the Renaissance period, he will notice the number of pieces depicting scenes of The Last Judgment, Hell, Satan, and Angels. People during this time period had a particular fascination with this sort of subject matter and artists such as Heironymous Bosch, Michael Pacher, Pieter Bruegel the elder, and Hans Memling transfered this fascination into sweeping, sometimes terrifying images. It is interesting to note the similarities between some of the peices. In several images, we see the recuring theme of darkness, naked sinners crowded together in a putrid mass of bodies, pain, weeping, and fire, much like the descriptions found in The Inferno, especially those that correlate with the imagery of the Bible. Here are several examples of Renaissance art illistrating the Last Judgment, Hell, Satan, and Angels.
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