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

Artifacts - Relief - Italy The Crucifixion. Relief in bronze by Antonio Pollaiuolo. (1432-1498) The artist was one of the first to employ dissection of cadavers to study form.

Artifacts - Cross - Austria - Italy Enameled Cross. 15th century. Austr. Museum. The Renaissance -- the revival of arts and literature under the influence of classical (Greek & Roman) models in the 14th - 16th centuries.

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Italy From Fra Angelico`s "Crucifixion" in the Chapter-Hall of the Convent of Santa Marco at Florence. The painter`s original name was Guido di Pietro. In the 1420`s he became a Dominican monk. He was noted for his

Artifacts - Metal - Italy Early Christian Cross from the Catacombs of Santa Ponziano, c. 450AD Early Roman converts to Christianity faced brutal suppression and punishment in pagan Rome. They held services in the underground catacombs beneath the city.

Artifacts - Relief - Italy Fragment of the Descent from the Cross by B. Antelami The sculptor was born in the (1150-1230) in the Cathedral at Parma, dated 1178. The Gothic style succeeded the Romanesque period. It reached its highest achievements in No

Cross on a hillside, Courmayeur, Italy