Sun behind columned building, Roma, Vaticano, Italy

Detail view of interior of cupola of Tempio di Bramante, showing central dome and surrounding carved stone arches, Todi, Umbria, Italy

View of central nave and vaulted ceiling of Siena Duomo, with black and white, striped columns, rib vaulted blue painted ceiling, with gold stars, and gilt decorated cupola

View upwards of central cupola, and 3 of 4 surrounding cupolas, with arch and column surround, Todi Tempio di Bramante, Umbria, Italy

Interior view of dome and canopy in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, Italy

View upwards of central cupola, and 2 of 4 surrounding cupolas, with arch and column surround, Todi Tempio di Bramante, Umbria, Italy

Detail of church of Santa Maria della Salute: dome with ornamental stone scroll work and statues below, bell and clock towers, against deep blue sky, late afternoon in autumn, Venice, Northern Italy

Detail of church of Santa Maria della Salute: dome, and ornamental stone scroll work and statues below, against deep blue sky, late afternoon in autumn, Venice, Northern Italy

Aqua Alta: view of San Marco basin, looking past moored gondolas with motion blur of rough water and flooding in foreground, to San Giorgio Maggiore church and nearby harbour, autumn in Venice, Northern Italy

View of San Marco basin, looking past moored gondolas with motion blur in foreground, to San Giorgio Maggiore church and nearby harbour, dusk with lighthouse shining, autumn in Venice, Northern Italy

View of San Marco basin, looking past moored gondolas with motion blur in foreground, to San Giorgio Maggiore church and nearby harbour, dusk with lighthouse shining, lights of Giudecca, autumn in Venice, Northern Italy

View of San Marco basin, looking past moored gondolas with motion blur in foreground, to San Giorgio Maggiore church and nearby harbour, dusk with lighthouse shining, lights of Giudecca, autumn in Venice, Northern Italy

View of San Marco basin, looking past moored gondolas in foreground, motor boats in motion on water, to San Giorgio Maggiore church and nearby harbour, sunset, autumn in Venice, Northern Italy

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Architecture - Italy - line art Elevation Baroque/Renaissance A house on the Via Di Santa Lucia The Renaissance -- the revival of arts and literature under the influence of classical (Greek & Roman) models in the 14th - 16th centuries. The Baroque per

Artifacts - Porcelain - Italy A Majolica Vase by Orazio Fontana. Urbino. 1571. This piece depicts Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Majolica is a tin-glazed pottery. It was introduced to Italy from Moorish Spain through the island of Majorca, thus its

Italian flag in the shape of Italy

Architecture - Italy - line art (a3) Floor Plan Renaissance The Palazzo Pitti at Florence by Filippo Brunellesco, (1377-1446) completed in 1402. The artist was one of the pioneers of early Renaissance art and architecture. His major work was the dome

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

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Italy "St. Jacobus" by Giovanni Batista Tiepolo (1693-1769) The son of a prosperous ship-owner in Venice, Tiepolo rarely left the city during his long career. He was born in the year of the first National Debt in

A stereotypical Italian Gondolier standing on the Italian flag in the shape of Italy

Architecture - Italy - line art (e3) Floor Plan 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 he wor

Illustration of taj mahal

Christopher Columbus taking possession of the new country.

Digitally restored 1864 election banner.

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Italian flags and ornate domes