Kneeling woman praying to statue in church

Caucasian woman with birthday cake in restaurant

Steaming pot of tea on table

Artifacts - Gold - Italy A Romanesque Cross from San Lorenzo at Rome, c. 1150

Architecture - Italy - line art Elevation Mannerist/Renaissance Cloister of Santa Maria Della Pace in Rome. Among the artists and architects who worked on this building were Pietro Di Cortona (1596-1669) and Francesco Albani (1578-1660). Mannerism was an

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy From the Tomb of Cardinal Sforza by Andrea Sansovino (1467-1529) in Santa Maria del Popolo at Rome 1505. The sculptor`s original name was Andrea Contucci. He was born in the year the Turks first conquered Herzegovina, intro

Architecture - Italy - line art Perspective Illustration Interior Cloister of Santa Maria Della Pace in Rome. Among the artists and architects who worked on this building were Pietro Di Cortona and Francesco Albani.

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Group in marble by Andrea Sansovino (1467-1529) San Agostino at Rome - 1512. The sculptor`s original name was Andrea Contucci. He was born in the year the Turks first conquered Herzegovina, introducing Islam to the Balkans.

Architecture - Italy - line art Interior Baroque Cloister of Santa Maria Della Pace in Rome. Among the artists and architects who worked on this building were Pietro Di Cortona and Francesco Albani. The Baroque period can be said to describe the art and

Artifacts - Relief - Italy From Lorenzo Ghiberti`s (1378-1455) second bronze Baptistery Gate at Florence. Finished 1447. The artist was born in the year of the Great Schism that saw two Popes (one in Rome, the other in Avignon France) contest the rule o

Architecture -Italy - line art Detail Renaissance ornament in Santa Maria della Pace at Rome by Donato Bramante (1444-1514). The architect was contemporary and friend of Andrea del Verrocchio and also of Leonardo da Vinci, with whom he worked to solve

Artifacts - Relief - Italy The Creation of Eve. From Lorenzo Ghiberti`s (1378-1455) second, bronze Baptistery Gate at Florence. The artist was born in the year of the Great Schism that saw two Popes (one in Rome, the other in Avignon France) contest the

Artifacts - Metal - France Romanesque Altar-Candlestick c. 1150

Artifacts - Metal - Germany Candelabrum in the Minster at Essen, c. 1000.

Artifacts - Metal - Germany Romanesque Chandelier in the Cathedral at Hildesheim. (1044-1054).

Candles in a church in Rome