Artifacts - Marble - Italy Holy Water Basin, San Marco at Florence, Renaissance marble carving, 15th century

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

Patterns & Motifs - Italy - line art Details from a frieze in the Chapel of San Giovanni In French this is known as the "couronnement"

Architecture - Italy - line art (e3) Interior detail 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 h

Architecture - Italy - line art Plan Romanesque Floor Plan of San Antonio at Padua Begun 1231, finished in the 14th Century. Romanesque - a style of architecture prevalent in Europe from the 10th to early 13th century characterized by massive vaulting a

Architecture - Italy - line art Detail Romanesque Transition Detail of the cupola from the Basilica San Andrea at Vercelli in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy, built 1219-1224. In the period during which this church was built the sculptor Niccol~

Architecture - Italy - line art (y3) Perspective Illustration Renaissance The Palace of The Doges (Dukes) and the Church of San Marco (St. Mark`s), in Venice. This church was originally begun in 829 to hold the remains of St. Mark that had been brought

Architecture - Italy - line art (b3) Perspective Illustration Renaissance Main part of the entrance with a view through to the courtyard from the entrance of the Hospital of San Genovesi. The Renaissance -- the revival of arts and literature under the in

Architecture - Italy - line art (e3) Elevation - Dome 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 who

Architecture - Italy - line art Perspective Illustration Renaissance. Facade of the Library of San Marco at Venice by Jacopo Sansovino (1486-1570). The architect`s original name was Jacopo Tatti. He adopted the name of his master Andrea Sansovino in wh

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy "Twilight" detail From the Tomb of Lorenzo de` Medici Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) San Lorenzo at Florence. (c5) The grandson of Lorenzo the Magnificent, this was the Medici to whom Machiavelli addressed his treati

Architecture - Italy - line art (e3) Interior Detail Ceiling Ornament 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 V

San Gimignano, Tuscany - Italy