CONCEPTS  THAT  MOTIVATED 

            THE  LOCUS  PURGATORIUS  IDEA

            Opposition and contradiction are the themes in this work,

            and Purgatory is the place where radicaly opposed values

            such as good / evil come together.

            The image of Purgatory is taken in a totally conceptual way:

            the common space where these oppositions take place and

            produce the feeling of ambiguity; Purgatory as the break up of

            Maniquean duality.

            Pictorial elements

            Bald characters:

            A sense of non-definition, which is the reason for undefined sex

            Eclesiastical themes:

            Cultural reference points of Western culture Manichean values.

            Gothic style:

            Towards the end of the 13th century, at the height of the Gothic

            period, the Catholic Church introduced Purgatory in their liturgy