Italy

The Last Judgement and Hell - Pisa

walwyn Fri, 12/29/2017 - 00:40

 

Attributed to Buonamico Buffalmacco this depiction of the Last Judgement, in the Camposanto of Pisa, was created between 1345-1340.

 

 

Tomb of Galileo Galilei - Santa Croce Florence

walwyn Sat, 10/27/2012 - 22:47

 

The tomb of Galileo Galilei (d1642) at Santa Croce in Florence was erected in 1737. It was designed by Giulio Foggini and contains a bust of Galileo Galilei (by Giovanni Battista Foggini), and figures representing Astronomy (by Vincenzo Foggini), and Geometry (by Girolamo Ticciati).

 

 

Tomb of Louise of Stolberg-Gedern - San Croce, Florence

walwyn Fri, 04/09/2021 - 21:32

 

 

 

This tomb of Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (d1824) is situated in San Croce Florence

Tomb of Michelangelo Buonarroti - Basilica of Santa Croce Florence

walwyn Sat, 11/16/2019 - 21:52

 

This tomb dedicated to Michelangelo was created by Vasari in 1570 and contains elements of Sculpture, Architecture and Painting.

Tomb of Niccolò Machiavelli - Santa Croce Florence

walwyn Fri, 11/15/2019 - 22:18

 

 

This tomb, dedicated to Niccolò Machiavelli (d1527), was created by Spinazzi Innocenzo in 1787, and is in Santa Croce Florence.

Tomb of Ottaviano Fabrizio Mossotti - Camposanto Monumentale, Pisa

walwyn Sat, 11/10/2012 - 18:40

 

 

Allegorical figure of Science on the tomb of the physicist Ottaviano Fabrizio Mossott (d1863) in the Camposanto Monumentale, Pisa, by the sculptor Giovanni Duprè.

 

 

Tomb of Vittorio Alfier - San Croce, Florence

walwyn Fri, 04/09/2021 - 17:12

 

 

Count Vittorio Alfier (d1803) was an Italian poet and dramatist who wrote some 19 tragedies between 1775-1787.

Touch Me Not (cell 1)

walwyn Sun, 04/27/2025 - 14:40

Touch Me Not

 

 

This fresco by Fra Angelico in cell 1 of the San Marco Monastery illustrates the encounter between Mary Magdalen and Christ after the ressurection.

Transfiguration (cell 6)

walwyn Thu, 06/20/2024 - 00:08

 

In this fresco by Fra Angelico the central figure of Christ within a mandorla of light, has outstretched arms which alude to the cross.

 

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