Fountain in the centre of Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome. Lazio, Italy

Stone lion on wall in porch of Santa Maria in Trastevere. Rome. Italy

Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Italy

Looking towards churches of S. Maria di Loreto and S. S. Nome di Maria. Rome. Italy

Trastevere. Rome. Italy

Florence. Tuscany, Italy

Florence. Tuscany, Italy

Santa Maria della Salute Basilica, Venise, Italy

View down Grand Canal to Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute. Venice. Italy

Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence. Tuscany, Italy

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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 (ll3) Detail Renaissance Santa Maria Di Loreto in the Piazzo Trajana, Rome by Antonio Sangallo (1483-1546), the most influential architect of his time and a contemporary of both Bramante and Michelangelo. He designed the

Architecture - Italy - line art Elevation Renaissance The Church of Santa Maria Dell` Anima Combined Corinthian and Ionic capital detail

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy The Empress Elizabeth, Mother of Conradin, (claimant to the throne of Sicily) Santa Maria del Carmine at Naples. c. 1250

Architecture - Italy - line art Detail Renaissance Capital of a Pilaster. Santa Maria de` Miracoli at Venice. A Pilaster is a rectangular, decorative column that projects beyond the surface of the wall. Generally it serves no structural purpose and serv

Artifacts - Terra-cotta - Italy The Death of the Virgin, a group in terra-cotta by Alfonso Lombardi. Oratory near Santa Maria del Vita. Bologna. 1519. This piece was created in the year Leonardo Da Vinci and Lucretiat Borgia died and Herman Cortes intr

Patterns & Motifs - Italy - line art Panel Filling from Pilasters in Santa Maria dei Miracoli at Venice. c. 1550 A Pilaster is a rectangular, decorative column that projects beyond the surface of the wall. Generally it serves no structural purpose and

Architecture - Italy - line art (f3) Section Renaissance The church of Santa Maria della Croce near Crema, by Giovanni Battagli c. 1490-1500. The Renaissance -- the revival of arts and literature under the influence of classical (Greek & Roman) models i

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Tommaso Contarini, a Doge (Duke) of Venice, a Marble Bust by Alessandro Vittoria (1525-1608). Santa Maria dell` Orto at Venice. The Contarini family provided Venice with eight Doges. Their family was one of 12 who elected

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy St. John the Baptist. By Jacopo Sansovino (1486-1570) from the baptismal font in Santa Maria del Frari at Venice, 1554. The sculptor`s original name was Jacopo Tatti. He adopted the name of his master Andrea Sonsovino in wh

Santa Maria in Trastevere. Rome. Italy