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The Fall, Sistine Chapel ceiling, by Michelangelo |
The bottom tiers of the longer walls of the La Cappella degli Scrovegni feature 14 allegories, in monochrome, symbolising Vices on the North wall and Virtues on the South wall.
The Vices are: Stultitia, Inconstantia, Ira, Iniusticia,
Infidelitas, Invidia, Desperatio.
The Virtues are divided as follows: the four
Cardinal Virtues: Prudentia, Iustitia, Temperantia, Fortitudo,
followed by the three Theological ones: Fides, Karitas, Spes.
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