ᗩﬡᗩﬡᓰᗩᔕ ᗩﬡᖱ ᔕᗩᕈᖰᖺᓮᖇᙓ

The Punishment of Ananias and Sapphire is the name of a single painting (out of many) in St Peters basilica. The reason i chose it is because i saw it in person. My family and I were walking around the basilica in Rome, and a man was telling us and showing us what each painting meant. I remember this one because he said something about how each colour that the people in the painting were wearing had a meaning. I did some research and I discovered what each color meant. Here is what i found:

White symbolizes Purity, virginity, innocence and virtue.
Yellow colors symbolize renewal, hope, light and purity.
Orange colors symbolize courage, endurance and strength representing fire and flame
Green colors symbolize nature, fertility, hope and bountifulness.
Red represents fire and is associated with power and importance.
Black colors symbolize death, fear and ignorance.
Brown colors symbolize the earth, poverty and humility.
Blue colors symbolize heavenly grace.
Purple colors are always associated with Royalty

Anyways, about the artists.

The artists who made this painting are Peitro Paolo Christofari and Pietro Adami. I know the post is supposed to be more about the artist who created the art but I find the painting more fascinating than the artist. But what i do like about the artists are how they created this together and i also like all the colors. Peitro Paolo Christofari lived to the old age of 58, from 1685 to 1743. He is the son of Fabio Christofari and he became the first director of the Vatican  mosaic studio, putting him in charge of decorating the altars and domes in St Peters basilica. Pietro Adami, however is not very popular on the internet and the results i came across where not fruitful. All I found was this: Pietro Adami was an Italian painter of costal and marine views, active around the year 1730.

Here is the painting i have been talking about: