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Architecture - Italy - line art Detail Gothic/Renaissance Wall decoration in Santa Croce - the church of the Franciscan order at Florence and the finest example of Italian Gothic architectural style (begun in 1294 and finished in 1442). The Renaissance -

Front view of a Chinese woman stretching her neck

Architecture - Italy - line art Detail Renaissance Doorway in the Palazzo Gondi at Florence The Gondi family were powerful bankers in Florence. With the patronage of Catherine de MZdicis, Queen of France they established themselves first in Lyon and la

Architecture - Italy - line art Detail Renaissance Doorway in the Palazzo del Governatore at Rome. The Renaissance -- the revival of arts and literature under the influence of classical (Greek & Roman) models in the 14th - 16th centuries.

China, Tibet, Lhasa, Potala Palace, UNESCO, World Cultural Heritage

Architecture - Italy - line art Detail Renaissance Cornice of the Palazzo Della Cancellaria (1486) by Donato Bramante (1444-1514). The architect was contemporary and friend of Andrea del Verrocchio and also of Leonardo da Vinci, with whom he worked to

Architectural detail of palaces