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Religious tapestry in the Hospices de Beaune, a medieval hospital in the town of Beaune in the Burgundy region of eastern France.
Python, in Greek mythology, a huge serpent that was killed by the god Apollo at Delphi either because it would not let him found his oracle, being accustomed itself to giving oracles, or because it had persecuted Apollo's mother, Leto, during her pregnancy.\n\nThe fresco shows the Omphalos stone covered with a net and the Python wrapped around it. A priestess stands at left with a sacrificial bull.\n\nA detail from a sacrificial scene shows a bull being brought to the omphalos - Made up of a stone and a snake it represents the navel of the world - Apollo plays the zither.\n\nThe ancient Greeks also used omphalos to refer to a sacred, rounded stone in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi that was supposed to mark the center of the earth.
Rom, Italy - March 11, 2016: Rome - The stone floral mosaic with st. John of Capistrano in side chapel of church Basilica di Santa Maria in Aracoeli by unknown artist.
The equestrian statue of Simón Bolívar on the north bank of the Seine was given to Paris in 1930 by the Latin American countries he freed from the Spanish Empire to mark the 100th anniversary of Simón Bolívar's death.
Painting in the church of San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore, Milan church of early Christian origin, Italy, Europe.
Closeup of a mosaic floor from an ancient Roman villa at Corinth in Greece. Decorated with a medal, bearing the head of the god Dionysos.
Antique heraldic banner. Medieval decoration ornament, vintage shield shape
Ancient frescoes on the interior walls of the Church of the Annunciation (Italian: Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata), a Catholic church in the town of Bienno. The numerous frescos date back to the sixteenth century with works by Giovanni Pietro da Cemmo and Girolamo Romani, known as Romanino.
ancient native american and australian statue
Herculaneum, Augusteum (cd. Basilica)\nAs a boy the Greek hero Achilles was entrusted to the wise Centaur Chiron. The centaur Chiron raised Achilles at the request of Achilles' mother. This centaur, half man, half horse, was, in classical mythology, a famous teacher to various heroes and gods. Attributes in the oil sketch, such as lyre, arrow and hunting horns, refer to his lessons in music and poetry and hunting.\nThe prototype for this fresco was not another painting but a statue that Pliny the Elder recalls was exhibited in Rome in the Saepta Iulia.
Perugia - The stone baroque mosaic (pietra dura) with the Madonna in the church Chiesa di San Domenico by unknown artist
Crypt with a gilded stucco vault which houses the tomb of Andrea Doria, a sixteenth-century work by Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli
The frescoes of Villa dei Misteri (Villa of the Mysteries), an ancient Roman villa at Pompeii ancient city, Italy
statues of the monument of Victor Emanuel II seen from Piazza Venezia in Rome; Rome, Italy
Portrait of Dante Aligheri painted a wall of Orvieto Cathedral, Italy.
Statue of the Dioscuri, the Castor twin placed there in 1584 at the Campidoglio square staircase Rome Italy
Lamb of God (Agnus Dei) mosaic in the Martini church in Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany. This mosaic is more than 100 years old, no property release is required.
Pompeii fresco painting cupid making perfume\nAn ancient Fourth-Pompeian-Style Roman wall painting in the House of the Vettii or Casa dei Vettii or Domus Vettiorum. Excavated 1894-1895\n\nThe brothers Aulus Vettius Restitutus and Aulus Vettius Conviva commissioned their Fresco decorations from one of the leading artists; workshops so that their home would be not only a comfortable residence but also a status symbol. Cupids and their female equivalents ( psyches ) engaged in a number of different activities
Granada - The baroque fresco of early christian martyr Saint Catharine of Alexandria in nave of church Monasterio de San Jeronimo by Juan de Medina from 18.cent.
Nicola Pisano (c1220-1284) in the open public spaces of the Niches of the Uffizi Colonnade in Florence, Italy. He was an Italian sculptor who specialised in the classical Roman style. He was the father of Giovanni Pisano. His sculpture was designed by Pio Fedi (1815-1892).
photographing the UNESCO world heritage site of the center of historic old town oporto, portugal
Florence, Italy -- The magnificent bronze statue of the Perseus lifting the head of Medusa after cutting it off, realized by Benvenuto Cellini and conserved in the Loggia Dei Lanzi, in Piazza della Signoria. Commissioned by Cosimo de Medici, the statue represents the cutting of the republican experiences of the city and of political divisions. The Loggia dei Lanzi, a open structure with arch and columns designed by Orcagna in 300, was used for official ceremonies by the Florentine government. Image in High Definition format.
Horizontal close-up view of a religious mosaic in the Abbey of the Dormition, Catholic abbey of the Benedictine Order that marks the spot where Virgin Mary died, in Jerusalem
marble statue of Bernard Palissy (1510-1589), a French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman. The statue was made by the French sculptor Ferdinand Taluet in 1868; Saintes, France
View at Statue of Louis XIV in Lyon, France in a beautiful summer day
The image shows the Fountain of Unicorns, created in 1776. The sculptures on the fountain are struggling sea horses and unicorns and a human figure. The memorial is in honor of the Marquis de Castries for his victory in the Battle of Clostercamp in 1760. Captured during autumn season.
Vienna - skulpture of America and Austrailia from facade of Kunsthistorisches museum
Casa di Nettuno e Anfitrite\nA small, but richly decorated house in Herculaneum, features a mosaic depicting the sea-god Neptune and his wife in a a Nymphaeum, an artificial grotto with a fountain. It’s located in Insula V, Cardo IV of the city.\nNeptune, the god of the sea, is depicted nude next to his scantily-clad wife, Amphitrite. Neptune is easily recognizable by the trident that he’s holding in his left hand. Already in the Theogony, the epic poem about the origins of the world and the gods, attributed to Hesiod ( fl. ca. 700 BC ), he and Amphitrite are a couple ( ll. 930-933 ).
Detail of the tapestry from Como Cathedral in Italy. Como Cathedral is the Roman Catholic cathedral opened at 1396.
Hygieia the Genius of Health, statue by Alessandro Massimiliano Laboureur at the nymphaeum on Pincian Hill in the city of Rome the capital of Italy.
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