Artifacts - Relief - Italy Faith. Relief from the Loggia de` Lanzi at Florence. By Jacopo di Piero. 1384. This piece was created in the year Chaucer wrote his "Parlement of Foules" late Gothic, Italian, cross, saint, 14th century The Gothic style succ

Artifacts - Metal - Italy Torch-Holder from the Palazzo del Magnifico at Siena, c. 1500.

Artifacts - Book - Italy Binding of a Bible. Close of the 15th century.

Artifacts - Relief - Italy The Descent from the Cross. Relief in bronze by Donatello (1386-1466) in San Lorenzo at Florence. The sculptor is generally agreed to be one of the greatest of all Renaissance artists. He was born in the year work began on the

Artifacts - Frame - Italy A rococo frame for a painting, early 18th century Venice

Artifacts - Bronze - Italy From the Main Gate of the Baptistery at Pisa. After 1153, late Gothic

Artifacts - Relief - Italy Battle of the Centaurs. Relief in marble by Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) The centaurs were, in Greek mythology, a race of half-man, half-horse creatures who lived in the mountains of Thessaly. This battle on Mt. Pelion

Artifacts - Ornaments - Italy Fibule or Ornamental clasps of clothing

Artifacts - Relief - Italy From the vaulted ceiling of the Capella dei Pazzi at Florence, by Luca Della Robbia (1400-1482). The artist worked exclusively in marble and this is part of his most important work, begun in 1431. In that year Joan of Arc was

Artifacts - Wood - Italy Venetian Box or Jewel-Casket (cover) (b5)

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Relief by Jacopo Sansovino (1486-1570) Santa Antonio at Padua. c. 1545-1550. The sculptor`s original name was Jacopo Tatti. He adopted the name of his master Andrea Sonsovino in whose studio he worked. He was one of many ar

Artifacts - Relief - Italy Pharisee and Levite, part of a group in bronze by Rustici. Baptistery at Florence. 1511. A Pharisee was a member of a Jewish religious party that believed in an oral tradition of Jewish learning. They had their greatest influe

Artifacts - Relief - Italy