At the base of the front façade of the Cathedral at Orvieto are four magnificent large marble bas relief tableaus, each with images telling the stories of Christianity. The two on the left are related to the Old Testament; the two on the right are related to the New Testament.
These Gothic era reliefs were created through group craftsmanship. Great masters and their assistants, all unidentified now, worked together to produce the reliefs and they are among the finest example of this art.
Each tableau looks to be a solid piece of marble, but they are actually formed from 162 different smaller slabs of marble have been carved and joined together to form the four relief tableaus.
In the third relief (on left here) are stories of Jesus and Mary from the New Testament. On the right here is the Last Judgement, the last of the four bas reliefs.
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Orvieto; March 2017
(Panorama Stitched from 2 Images)
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