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  • Architectural detail of a Romanesque colonnade with detail of a carved capital beyond the dome of a Renaissance era church.  Simple graphic design juxtaposes the two as they are.
    Dubrovnik-Croatia-HRV200606-369.jpg
  • Romanesque era (12th century) figure of a crouching lion, life size, with three small men standing behind it.  One of a pair (see HRV200606-142),
    Split-Croatia-HRV200606-111.jpg
  • Glass exterior elevator on the Vittorio Emanuele and the bell tower of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, against a clear blue sky.  A stark contrast of a contemporary structure adjoining a Romanesque one.
    Vittorio-Emanuele_Santa_Maria_Coeli_...jpg
  • The enrichment of Lincoln Cathedral’s west front by the addition of ornate portals, a frieze and related sculpture is believed to date from the time of Bishop Alexander (Bishop of Lincoln from 1123 – 1148).
    Lincoln cathedral portal SC200208-5.jpg
  • The lion holds down a lamb in its front paws.  Behind, two men in Roman tunics, with an escutcheon between showing a bearded man's face, leaves and volutes on either side, crown above.  Lion's mouth is wide open as though roaring.  Stylized details of mane, ribs, and lams wool.
    Romanesque guardian lion HRV200606-1...TIF
  • The lion holds down a lamb in its front paws.  Behind, two men in Roman tunics, with an escutcheon between showing a bearded man's face, leaves and volutes on either side, crown and rosette above. One of a pair.
    Split-Croatia-lion-sculpture-HRV2006...jpg
  • Originally built as a mausoleum for Diocletian at the end of the 3rd century,the structure was taken over and became a Cathedral for St. Domnius.
    Split-Croatia-HRV200606-109.jpg
  • Looking up at San. Miniato al Monte and the adjoining Olivetan monastery, built 11th and 12th centuries.  Stairs and terrace layers step upward toward the church at the top.
    Florence-San-Miniato-ITA201012-134.jpg
  • Christ Pantocrator between the Virgin and St. Minias, with Evangelist symbols.  Dated 1260 or 1297, by an unknown artist.  In the apse of the church of San Miniato al Monte, Florence.
    Pantocrator mosaic San Miniato ITA20...jpg
  • The duomo interior is large and quite bare.  Again the pietra serena with white walls combination is used.  The floor of polished multicolored marble echoes the exterior color combination of red, green, grey, and white.
    Florence_Duomo_nave-ITA201101--0059.jpg
  • Santa Maria in Trastevere, interior, nave showing basilica form, ceiling, and apse; two visitors seated in contemplation on a bench in the foreground; another walks up the aisle toward the altar.
    Sant-Maria-Trastevere-interior-Rome_...jpg
  • Detail of the serpent in the Garden of Eden, by Paolo Uccello, 1424, with color correction to bring out detail.  The fresco, in the Green Cloister of Santa Maria Novella, was badly damaged in the flood of 1966.  Even so the concept of   the serpent in the Garden of Eden as an attractive blonde woman has great appeal to me.
    Garden-Eden-serpent-ITA201012--0062c...jpg
  • Green cloister of Sta Maria Novella, considered an extraordinary example of Italian Gothic architecture, begun around 1340 by Fra' Sisto and Fra' Ristoro. I like cloisters because they slow life down to make contemplation easier. Under the arcade is a series of frescoes by Paolo Uccello showing the Creation and the story of Noah, dated 1424.
    Santa-Maria-Novella-cloister-ITA2010...jpg
  • A few years after the Sassetti Chapel, Girlandaio decorated the Tornabuoni Chapel in the apse of Santa Maria Novella.  The subject is the life of John the Baptist, 1485-1490,  seen from the northern side of the nave.  Altar with wooden crucifix, decorated with pots of red poinsettias and candelabra as it is still the Christmas season.
    Florence-Santa-Maria-Novella_Tornabu...jpg
  • Green cloister of Sta Maria Novella, considered an extraordinary example of Italian Gothic architecture, begun around 1340 by Fra' Sisto and Fra' Ristoro.  I like cloisters because they slow life down to make contemplation easier.  Under the arcade is a series of frescoes by Paolo Uccello showing the Creation and the story of Noah, dated 1424.  Details in the next images of this gallery.
    Florence-Santa-Maria-Novella-cloiste...jpg
  • Brunelleschi is most famous for building the dome of the cathedral.  This monument has been so often photographed that I think it's impossible to find a new way of presenting it.  This is the best I could to at the time, showing part of the dome with a view along the south side of the nave, with scaffolding on the exterior of the south apse.
    Florence_cathedral_ITA201012-213.jpg
  • Sculptured heads include an elephant, a man, a dog, and a fish (?) on the corner of a cornice.
    Korcula-Croatia-HRV200606-191.jpg
  • Workman carrying a plank for building the scaffold over the cathedral narthex, during restoration of the 13th century Radovan sculptures there.  It was disappointing not to see them!
    Trogir-restoration-work--HRV200606-0...jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence. West end exterior from plaza in a rainstorm.  Tourists huddled around the entrance.
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-026.jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence. Rose window from the outside.
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-008.jpg
  • Intricate design of female figure, vines, dentils, and other ornamental rows, on a Romano-Byzantine column capital re-used in a later building..
    Dubrovnik-Croatia-HRV200606-378.jpg
  • One of the scenes from the life of Noah: an angel instructs him to build the Ark while a man hoes the soil and a woman with two small children stand nearby.  Severely damaged in the 1966 floods and not yet restored.
    ITA201012--0060.jpg
  • Telephoto detail of a band of archangels, cherubim, and serphim in the mosaics of the Florence Baptistry of St. John.
    Baptistry_mosaic_dome_archangels_ITA...jpg
  • The Baptistry dome interior has spectacular mosaics, still very Byzantine in style, made during the 13th century.  I have not seen any attribution to any one artist, though it is said that the painter Coppo di Marcovaldo made some of the cartoons.
    Baptistry_mosaic_dome_ITA201012--000...jpg
  • Facade of Santa Maria Novella, designed by Leon Battista Alberti, 1456-70 on a commission by a local textile magnate, Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai.  The church itself, a Dominican foundation, was built 100 years previously.
    Florence-Santa-Maria-Novella-facade-...jpg
  • Trogir: door lintel over entrance to church of St. Barbara, 11th century.  Motifs include rosettes, interlace, and animals in profile
    Trogir-lintel-sculpture--HRV200606-0...jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence.  Rose window from the inside.
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-007.jpg
  • Stairway up to the church of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli, on the Capitoline Hill, Rome.  It is a very long stairway.
    Ara-Coeli-stairway-Rome_ITA200901--0...jpg
  • Christ Pantocrator between the Virgin and St. Minias, with Evangelist symbols.  Dated 1260 or 1297, by an unknown artist.  In the apse of the church of San Miniato al Monte, Florence.
    San-Miniato-apse-mosaic-ITA201012-14...jpg
  • Visitors strolling and sitting in the plaza before the church of San Miniato del Monte.  At left, single story structure is the pharmacy in which the Olivetan (Benedictine) monks sell herbal preparations that they have made.
    San-Miniato-al-Monte-Florence-ITA201...jpg
  • View down a medieval street in Trogir, Croatia.  Trogir is the best-preserved Romanesque-Gothic complex not only in the Adriatic, but in all of Central Europe. Trogir's medieval core, surrounded by walls, comprises a preserved castle and tower and a series of dwellings and palaces from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods. (Wikipedia) Though no people are present, there is nevertheless a sense that these ancient dwellings are still kept up and lived in.
    Trogir-streetscape--HRV200606-101.jpg
  • The Baptistry is also Romanesque, built in the 11th and 12th centuries.  Horse drawn carriages wait for passengers in the Piazza del Duomo, north side of the Baptistry,  Three carriages with horses and drivers have taken on passengers and are about to leave.  A few pedestrians are scattered about.
    Horses_carriages_piazza_Duomo_ITA201...jpg
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