At Santa Barbara Mission, Spanish California, early 1800s

Architecture - Italy - line art Elevation Renaissance The Church of Santa Maria Dell` Anima Combined Corinthian and Ionic capital detail

Architecture - Italy - line art Detail Renaissance Capital of a Pilaster. Santa Maria de` Miracoli at Venice. A Pilaster is a rectangular, decorative column that projects beyond the surface of the wall. Generally it serves no structural purpose and serv

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Madonna in Santa Maria della Spina at Pisa by Nino Pisano The artist and architect was the son of the sculptor Andrea Pisano.

Patterns & Motifs - Italy - line art Panel Filling from Pilasters in Santa Maria dei Miracoli at Venice. c. 1550 A Pilaster is a rectangular, decorative column that projects beyond the surface of the wall. Generally it serves no structural purpose and

Artifacts - Terra-cotta - Italy The Death of the Virgin, a group in terra-cotta by Alfonso Lombardi. Oratory near Santa Maria del Vita. Bologna. 1519. This piece was created in the year Leonardo Da Vinci and Lucretiat Borgia died and Herman Cortes intr

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

Architecture - Italy - line art Detail Gothic/Renaissance Gate of Santa Maria Novella at Florence ( church of the Dominicans) by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472).. Construction took place between (1278-1350). Alberti`s main contribution was the facade.

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Tommaso Contarini, a Doge (Duke) of Venice, a Marble Bust by Alessandro Vittoria (1525-1608). Santa Maria dell` Orto at Venice. The Contarini family provided Venice with eight Doges. Their family was one of 12 who elected

Patterns & Motifs - Italy - line art Panel Filling, from Pilasters in Santa Maria dei Miracoli at Venice. A Pilaster is a rectangular, decorative column that projects beyond the surface of the wall. Generally it serves no structural purpose and serves m

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy St. John the Baptist. By Jacopo Sansovino (1486-1570) from the baptismal font in Santa Maria del Frari at Venice, 1554. The sculptor`s original name was Jacopo Tatti. He adopted the name of his master Andrea Sonsovino in wh

Vineyard in Santa Maria California