BY T. S. ELIOT
‘Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Σίβυλλα τί θέλεις; respondebat illa: άποθανεîν θέλω.’
For Ezra Pound
il miglior fabbro.
I. The Burial of the Dead
II. A Game of Chess
III. The Fire Sermon
IV. Death by Water
Read MoreWe see a cascade of bodies falling through the central point of the painting, a heavenly light shining from the left hand top corner of the piece. The Archangel Michael (you can spot him as he is in a blue tunic and red cape with a weapon and a shield) appears to be driving the bodies downwards with assistance of other winged angels.
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