the two apparently conflicting systems of Christianity and paganism are still perfectly fused in the Rome of the high renaissance. The iconographical scheme of the Sistine ceiling frescoes is based on the most erudite theology, but the forms in which it is clothed are those of pagan gods". ("Artistic theory in Italy [1450-1600]", Anthony Frederick Blunt, Oxford University Press, 1959: 60)
pays: Italia
année: 1961
Yvert: 830
![the two apparently conflicting systems of Christianity and paganism are still perfectly fused in the Rome of the high renaissance. The iconographical scheme of the Sistine ceiling frescoes is based on the most erudite theology, but the forms in which it is clothed are those of pagan gods". ("Artistic theory in Italy [1450-1600]", Anthony Frederick Blunt, Oxford University Press, 1959: 60)](https://encyclopaediaphilatelica.net/storage/uploads/aRFMbETqTd0FpOOSHyUjFOjQFQZm994Ti1Z5thZb.jpg)