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Cumaean Sibyl prophesied the Birth of Christ by...
In this work by Giovanni Paolo Pannini, the solemn figure of the Cumaean Sibyl emerges as she announces the birth of Christ. Around her rise classical ruins, architectural fragments evocative...
Cumaean Sibyl prophesied the Birth of Christ by...
In this work by Giovanni Paolo Pannini, the solemn figure of the Cumaean Sibyl emerges as she announces the birth of Christ. Around her rise classical ruins, architectural fragments evocative...
The Baroque magnificence of the Concert given b...
Giovanni Paolo Pannini’s work depicts the vibrant scene of the concert held at the Teatro Argentina in Rome in 1747 by Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld, the French ambassador to the...
The Baroque magnificence of the Concert given b...
Giovanni Paolo Pannini’s work depicts the vibrant scene of the concert held at the Teatro Argentina in Rome in 1747 by Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld, the French ambassador to the...
The Peutinger Table by Petrus Bertius: rebirth ...
Like a parchment unrolled to reveal the secrets of a lost world, Tabula Peutingeriana by Petrus Bertius invites us to travel along the arteries of the Roman Empire through the eyes...
The Peutinger Table by Petrus Bertius: rebirth ...
Like a parchment unrolled to reveal the secrets of a lost world, Tabula Peutingeriana by Petrus Bertius invites us to travel along the arteries of the Roman Empire through the eyes...
View of Palermo: the fusion between Bodenehr's ...
How can a thin copper plate capture the blazing essence of the Mediterranean? Gabriel Bodenehr’s view of Palermo, created around 1720, represents a treasure of Baroque cartographic art. The German...
View of Palermo: the fusion between Bodenehr's ...
How can a thin copper plate capture the blazing essence of the Mediterranean? Gabriel Bodenehr’s view of Palermo, created around 1720, represents a treasure of Baroque cartographic art. The German...
The Port of Trapano by William Heather: testimo...
William Heather's Port of Trapani represents one of the finest examples of early nineteenth-century nautical cartography. The work presents a detailed representation of the Sicilian port with a meticulous accuracy...
The Port of Trapano by William Heather: testimo...
William Heather's Port of Trapani represents one of the finest examples of early nineteenth-century nautical cartography. The work presents a detailed representation of the Sicilian port with a meticulous accuracy...
Giovanni Fattori's Bovi al Carro (cart with oxe...
Giovanni Fattori's "Bovi al Carro" depicts a simple yet meaningful rural scene, in which an ox-drawn cart slowly moves along a dirt road. The protagonists are the working animals, oxen,...
Giovanni Fattori's Bovi al Carro (cart with oxe...
Giovanni Fattori's "Bovi al Carro" depicts a simple yet meaningful rural scene, in which an ox-drawn cart slowly moves along a dirt road. The protagonists are the working animals, oxen,...