San Gimignano. Tuscany. Italy

Piazza del Duomo. San Gimignano. Tuscany. Italy

San Gimignano view from above, Tuscany, Italy

San Gimignano. Tuscany. Italy

Piazza del Duomo. San Gimignano. Tuscany. Italy

San Gimignano view from above, Tuscany, Italy

Piazza della Cisterna. San Gimignano. Tuscany. Italy

Porta San Giovanni. San Gimignano. Tuscany. Italy

San Miniato del Monte. Florence. Italy

San Miniato del Monte. Florence. Italy

Monument to Giovanni dalle Bande Nere and San Lorenzo basilica in background, Florence. Tuscany, Italy

Mosaic in pediment (Christ with the Virgin and St. Minias). San Miniato del Monte. Florence. Italy

Artifacts - Marble - Italy Holy Water Basin, San Marco at Florence, Renaissance marble carving, 15th century

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

Patterns & Motifs - Italy - line art Details from a frieze in the Chapel of San Giovanni In French this is known as the "couronnement"

Architecture - Italy - line art (e3) Interior detail of the Tempietto (little temple) of San Pietro In Montorio by Donato Bramante (1444-1514). The architect was contemporary and friend of Andrea del Verrocchio and also of Leonardo da Vinci, with whom h

Architecture - Italy - line art Plan Romanesque Floor Plan of San Antonio at Padua Begun 1231, finished in the 14th Century. Romanesque - a style of architecture prevalent in Europe from the 10th to early 13th century characterized by massive vaulting a

Architecture - Italy - line art Detail Romanesque Transition Detail of the cupola from the Basilica San Andrea at Vercelli in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy, built 1219-1224. In the period during which this church was built the sculptor Niccol~

Architecture - Italy - line art (y3) Perspective Illustration Renaissance The Palace of The Doges (Dukes) and the Church of San Marco (St. Mark`s), in Venice. This church was originally begun in 829 to hold the remains of St. Mark that had been brought

Architecture - Italy - line art (b3) Perspective Illustration Renaissance Main part of the entrance with a view through to the courtyard from the entrance of the Hospital of San Genovesi. The Renaissance -- the revival of arts and literature under the in

Architecture - Italy - line art (e3) Elevation - Dome of the "Tempietto (little temple) of San Pietro In Montorio by Donato Bramante (1444-1514). The architect was contemporary and friend of Andrea del Verrocchio and also of Leonardo da Vinci, with who

Architecture - Italy - line art Perspective Illustration Renaissance. Facade of the Library of San Marco at Venice by Jacopo Sansovino (1486-1570). The architect`s original name was Jacopo Tatti. He adopted the name of his master Andrea Sansovino in wh

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy "Twilight" detail From the Tomb of Lorenzo de` Medici Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) San Lorenzo at Florence. (c5) The grandson of Lorenzo the Magnificent, this was the Medici to whom Machiavelli addressed his treati

Architecture - Italy - line art (e3) Interior Detail Ceiling Ornament of the Tempietto (little temple) of San Pietro In Montorio by Donato Bramante (1444-1514). The architect was contemporary and friend of Andrea del Verrocchio and also of Leonardo da V

San Gimignano. Tuscany. Italy