page_title: Doom paintings
hierarchical_section_title: Doom paintings
caption_attribution_description: English: It represents the Last Judgment, executed by Jesus. To the left of Christ represents the condemned (to Hell) and, to the right, it represents the saved ones and the saints. In the center, the opened tombs symbolizes the resurrection of the dead.
context_page_description: A "Doom painting" or "Doom" is a traditional English term for a wall-painting of the Last Judgment in a medieval church. This is the moment in Christian eschatology when Christ judges souls to send them to either Heaven or Hell.
  The subject was very commonly painted on a large scale on the western wall of churches, so it was viewed as people left the church, and the term is typically used of these, rather than depictions of the Last Judgement in other locations or media. Many examples survive as wall-paintings in medieval churches, most dating from around the 12th to 13th centuries, although the subject was common from the 1st millennium until the Counter-Reformation. Most dooms in English churches were destroyed by government authority during the English Reformation.
  The most famous of all Doom paintings, The Last Judgment by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, painted in 1537 to 1541, comes at the end of the tradition, and is unusually sited on the east wall behind the altar.
context_section_description: A "Doom painting" or "Doom" is a traditional English term for a wall-painting of the Last Judgment in a medieval church.  This is the moment in Christian eschatology when Christ judges souls to send them to either Heaven or Hell. 
  The subject was very commonly painted on a large scale on the western wall of churches, so it was viewed as people left the church, and the term is typically used of these, rather than depictions of the Last Judgement in other locations or media. Many examples survive as wall-paintings in medieval churches, most dating from around the 12th to 13th centuries, although the subject was common from the 1st millennium until (in countries remaining Catholic) the Counter-Reformation.  Most dooms in English churches were destroyed by government authority during the English Reformation.
  The most famous of all Doom paintings, The Last Judgment by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, painted in 1537 to 1541, comes at the end of the tradition, and is unusually sited on the east wall behind the altar.
caption: Last Judgement, Fra Angelico, panel painting, 1425–1430
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