Venice rooftops with the domes of Basilica San Marco in the foreground Venice Italy

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

San Miniato del Monte. Florence. Italy

St. Mark's Square. Venice, Italy

Fa? ade detail of St. Mark's basilica, Venice. Veneto, Italy

St. Mark's Basilica. Venice. Veneto, Italy

St. Mark's Square. Venice. Italy

Fa? ade detail of St. Mark's basilica, Venice. Veneto, Italy

Fa? ade detail of St. Mark's basilica, Venice. Veneto, Italy

St. Mark's Square. Venice, Italy

St. Mark's basilica and Doge's Palace, Venice. Veneto, Italy

Bronzo horse (copy) and Campanile. St. Mark's Basilica. Venice. Italy

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

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Tomb of Lorenzo de` Medici, (1492-1519) by Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) San Lorenzo at Florence. (c5) The sculptor was, in his lifetime, generally regarded as the greatest living artists. Now with the hindsight of hi

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy "Dawn" detail From the Tomb of Lorenzo de` Medici (1492-1519) Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) San Lorenzo at Florence. (c5) The grandson of Lorenzo the Magnificent, this was the Medici to whom Machiavelli addressed hi

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~

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 Christ and St. Thomas. Bronze group by Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488) San Micchele at Florence. The artist was born in the year of the Peace of Arras between Charles VII and Phillip of Burgundy. He was the teacher of Leon

Artifacts - Relief - Italy St. Matthew. From Lorenzo Ghiberti`s (1378-1455) first 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 rule of t

Architecture - Italy - line art (w3) Detail Romanesque Capital from San Marco (St. Mark`s) at Venice. This church was originally begun in 829 to hold the remains of St. Mark that had been brought from Alexandria. The present basilica was completed in 10

Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence. Italy