Architecture - Italy - line art Detail Gothic/Renaissance Gate of Santa Maria Novella at Florence ( church of the Dominicans) by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472).. Construction took place between (1278-1350). Alberti`s main contribution was the facade.

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

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

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - France "The Marquise de Pompadour" by Fran_ois Boucher (1703-1770) Boucher was trained by his father, a designer of lace, and matured into one of the most acclaimed practitioners of the French Rococo period. He wa

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - France "A Domestic Scene" by Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin (1699-1779) Although he died in obscurity after early success, Chardin is now considered one of the greatest of all 18th century still-life painters. This s

Vintage American History print of Benjamin Franklin's reception by the French court.

France, canvassing at the main door