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GOZZOLI, Benozzo: Assumption of the Virgin

🖼 Assumption of the Virgin, 1484
Transferred fresco
Castelfiorentino, Italy

Celestial light bathes the Virgin's ascent, surrounded by concentric rings of angels in luminous gold leaf and tempera. This Florentine masterpiece epitomizes Late Gothic spirituality, blending divine geometry with intimate emotional warmth that influenced Renaissance devotional imagery.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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