Thank you to my friend Mike Carano for bringing this story to my attention. Art Restorers working on a Giotto of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi have uncovered the details of a ‘devil’ figure hidden in the cloud at the top of the fresco.
To learn more about this discovery, read the article at Reuters.
Yet another symptom of human passion for the supernatural.
My personal favorite medieval painter of arcana remains Hieronymus Bosch.
One need only watch the Prime-Time lineup to see our fascination with the supernatural!
One of my all time favorite early Renaissance painters.