Painting --15th Century Italian Art-- The Damn Cast Into Hell
In this example the artist attempts to show the end of the world. The artwork shows Signorelli's skill of "foreshortening" by depicting the human form in every posible position within the dense, writhing mass of pain and suffering.

The Damned Cast Into Hell

Who- Luca Signorelli
What- Fresco Painting
When- 1499 to 1500 A.D. Where-San Brigio, I
Why- Example of early Foreshortening
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