Empyrean | Gustave Doré | c. 1867 Caravaggio Van Gogh's characteristic brushwork imbues

Van Gogh's characteristic brushwork imbues the scene with a sense of movement and life

with a distant factory chimney and a train in the background

where the past and future merge in an enigmatic

spiritual resolve

Empyrean | Gustave Doré | c. 1867 Caravaggio Van Gogh's characteristic brushwork imbuesAbout the artwork: Empyrean by Gustave Dor, created around 1867, is a breathtaking depiction of the highest realm of heaven as imagined in Dantes Divine Comedy. Swirling with radiant angels arranged in concentric circles of light, the composition draws the viewers eye toward a brilliant central pointa divine presence that remains abstract and infinite. Dor masterfully captures the spiritual ecstasy and overwhelming magnitude of divine glory using