Priest walking in church, rear view

Statue of Virgin Mary behind glass with reflection

Statue of Virgin Mary, close-up of head

Statue of Virgin Mary, close-up of head

Mother and Child

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.

Artifacts - Relief - Italy The Coronation of the Virgin, a relief in glazed terra-cotta by Andrea della Robbia (1435-1525) at the Church of Osservanza near Siena. The artist took over the Della Robbia studio upon the death of his uncle, Luca Della Robbi

Joseph and Mary traveling by donkey with the Star of Bethlehem and Jerusalem in the background

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Italy "The Resurrection of the Virgin" A fresco in the Palazzo Pubblico at Siena (a town in Northern Italy, south of Florence) by Taddeco di Bartolo (1363-1422. )

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Italy "The Madonna Enthroned" by Giorgione - Giorgio Barbarelli - (1477-1510) The painter studied under Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini c. 1490 and is considered to be one of the initiators of the high renaissa

Artifacts - Relief - Italy The Madonna of the Stairs, a relief in marble by Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) The sculptor was, in his lifetime, generally regarded as the greatest living artists. Now with the hindsight of history he is acclaimed as th

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy St. Peter, a Marble Statue by Donatello (1386-1466) in the San Micchele 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 Cathedral

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Moses. Statue in marble by Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) San Pietro at Rome. The sculptor was, in his lifetime, generally regarded as one of the greatest living artists. Now with the hindsight of history he is accla

Architecture - Italy - line art (z3) Detail Renaissance Capital from the Certosa di Pavia (a Carthusian monastery in the Lombardy region near Milan), begun in 1473 by Ambrogio Borgognone in the year he began construction the Venetian forces routed the

Artifacts - Relief - Italy The Adoration of the Magi, a relief on the Pulpit in the Baptistery at Pisa by Niccol~ Pisano c. 1260 (1220-1284). Along with his son Giovanni, Pisano created a unique late Gothic style of sculpture in Italy at the dawn of the

Artifacts - Relief - Italy St. Stephen. Bronze Statue by Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455) in the San Michele 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 rule of

Statue of the Virgin Mary in church