Taxi outside the Duomo, Florence, Italy

The Duomo at night, Florence, Italy

Church interior, Duomo Orvieto, Umbria, Italy

Olive tree, Siena, Valle Orcia, Tuscany, Italy

Traditional farmhouse, Siena, Valle Orcia, Tuscany, Italy

Milan Cathedral, Piazza Duomo, Milan, Lombardy, Italy

View of Piazza Del Campo, Siena, Italy

Tractor in field, Siena, Valle Orcia, Tuscany, Italy

Architectural detail of Torre del Mangia, Siena, Italy

Basket of grapes, Siena, Valle Orcia, Tuscany, Italy

Farmhouse in field, Siena, Valle Orcia, Tuscany, Italy

Man harvesting grapes, Siena, Valle Orcia, Tuscany, Italy

Marble Pulpit, Siena, Italy

Cathedral High Altar, Siena, Italy

A woman sightseeing in Italy

Artifacts - Metal - Italy Torch-Holder from the Palazzo del Magnifico at Siena, c. 1500.

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Madonna with Angels, a relief by Agostino di Giovanni. Oratory of Santa Bernardino at Siena. c. 1330.

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Italy From the Altarpiece by Duccio Di Buoninsegna (mid 13th century - c. 1318) in the Duomo at Siena (a town in Northern Italy, south of Florence). The artist was a master of the then nascent Gothic style. This is a

Artifacts - Bronze - Italy Ciborium of Bronze in the Fontegiufta at Siena, c. 1560 A ciborium holds the consecrated Eucharistic bread in a Christian service.

Artifacts - Silver - Italy Reliquary in Silver. By Ugolino of Siena, c. 1380 A reliquary was used to store blessed relics - pieces of a deceased holy person`s body or belongings - for purposes of reverence.

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy The Presentation in the Temple, the Flight into Egypt, a relief on the pulpit in the Cathedral at Siena by Niccol~ Pisano (1220-1284) c. 1268. Along with his son Giovanni, Pisano created a unique late Gothic style of sculptu

Architecture - Italy - line art Detail Renaissance Cornice. From a Palazzo at Siena in central Italy south of Florence. The Renaissance -- the revival of arts and literature under the influence of classical (Greek & Roman) models in the 14th - 16th centu

Siena Duomo Italy