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Fresco in St. Charles's Church in Vienna
The Sack of Baltimore took place in 1631, when the village of Baltimore, West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by Ottoman Empire slavers from the Barbary Coast of North Africa – Dutchmen, Algerians and Ottoman Turks. From an 1886 antique book \
Naples - The detail of Archangel Michael from painting of Fall of the Rebel Angels in the church Chiesa dell' Ascensione a Chiaia by Luca Giordano (1657).
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.
the beautiful oil painting of Judith and Holofernes - Holofernes speaks in Judith's ear
Painting by Luigi Sabatelli dated 1806 in the Chapel of Madonna del Conforto, Cathedral of Arezzo
London, UK - Feb 27, 2024 - Bas relief sculpture of The pediment of The Monument to the Great Fire of London isolated on White background with clipping path. It shows King Charles. designed by Sir Christopher Wren, Selective focus.
architectural detail of Amsterdam Central Station, the central station of the Dutch capital. It was built between 1881 and 1889 to a design by P.J.H. Cuypers, A.L. van Gendt and L.J. Eijmer; Amsterdam, Netherlands
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8). Copper engraving by Carl Schuler, published c. 1850.
Terracotta tondo, round bas-relief emblem with young couple in Roman tunics during wheat harvest
Assisi - The baroque fresco of The Moses and Jews Gathering the Manna in the Desert in Cathedral San Rufino by Giacomo Giorgetti (1663).
Cupid working as goldsmith\n\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
Gatchina, Russia - 16 July 2010: Fragment of the ceiling painting of the 18th century in the royal pavilion in the Gatchina Park. Plafond Triumph of Venus, was written in 1797 by artist I. Mettenleiter.
East Doors (Gates of Paradise) by Lorenzo Ghiberti on Florence Baptistery (Battistero di San Giovanni) in Tuscany, Italy. These doors consist of 10 panels depicting scenes from the Old Testament and were commissioned in 1424. Once completed, they were described by Michelangelo as being fit to be the 'gates of paradise'. The doors displayed are now a copy of the original, with those being displayed in a local museum.
The central portion of the ceiling of the salle des Pas-Perdus in the palais Bourbon, by Horace Vernet, entitled “Peace Enthroned Before Paris”.
Part of an alabaster pulpit showing Christ healing the sick, within St Bartholomew the Less church in the grounds of St Bartholomew’s Hospital. The hospital was founded in 1123.
Austria. Vienna. September, 13, 2013. This colorful image depicts a woman giving food or drink to a sick person. Details. Fresco dating from 1726-1729. The frescoes of the cupolas extend over 1,250 m2 and trace the glory of St. Charles Boromée. Johann Michael Rottmayr (1654-1730). Karlskirche. St. Charles's Church. 1716.
Statue of Charlemagne of France (France de Charlemagne), located on Pont Alexandre III pillar. The allegorical statue called France de Charlemagne (English: Charlemagne of France), located on one of the four pillars on the corners of the Pont Alexandre III, is holding a religious gold ball with a cross, named Globus Cruciger, a Christian symbol of authority since the Middle Ages; it is normally held within the hand of an earthly ruler, although in art it is sometimes depicted being held by an angel.
Naples - The detail of painting of Fall of the Rebel Angels in the church Chiesa dell' Ascensione a Chiaia by Luca Giordano (1657).
Iphigeneia carried to the sacrifice ( centre ) while the seer Calchas ( on the right ) watches on and Agamemnon - king of Mycenae who commanded the Achaeans during the Trojan War ( on the left ) covers his head in sign of lamentation. In the sky, Artemis appears with a hind which will be substituted for the young girl.\nThe House of the Tragic Poet ( also called The Homeric House or The Iliadic House ) is a Roman house in Pompeii, Italy dating to the 2nd century BC. The house is famous for its elaborate mosaic floors and frescoes depicting scenes from Greek mythology.\nFrom left to right : Agamemnon - Odysseus - Menelaos ( holding Iphigeneia ) - Calchas
18th century bas-relief of the Chronos (God in Greek mythology, personification of Time) on historic tenement house terrace in the Old Town of Gdansk, Poland
Amsterdam, Netherlands - January 9, 2021: close-up of the facade of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam with sculptures and dome with golden clock
Scene in the olden time at Bolton Abbey engraved George Zobel after painting by Edwin Henry Landseer. Published in London on May 16, 1865 by William Tegg, Pancras Lane.
Architectural details of the Commerzbank building in Leipzig.
Monopoli, metropolitan city of Bari, Apulia, Italy - 26 march 2023: Cathedral Basilica Maria Santissima della Madia - The pictorial cycle, created around 1732 by Michelangelo Signorile from Bari, commissioned by Bishop Iorio, recalls, with four paintings, the story of the coming of the Icon of the Madonna
This international landmark, as seen on the external public-facing door of the baptistery, was designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti (between 1425-1452) and is an icon of the renaissance. The reliefs represent stories from the Old Testament. The visible heads are those of prophets. The doors displayed are now a copy of the original, with those being displayed in a local museum.
Palma de Mallorca - The painting of God the Creator and St. Michael archangel in presbytery of church San Miguel by Juan Muntaner Cladera (end of 18. cent.).
Dionysos discovers Ariadne on Naxos from the house of the colored columns in Pompeii.\nAfter Ariadne helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth, he abandoned her on the island of Naxos. His ship sails off in the upper right. Dionysus and his retinue discover her sleeping; the god falls in love with her and makes her his consort.
Milan, Italy - July 16, 2020: Sant Eustorgio, Paleochristian church in Romanesque style in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Painting in the interior
Toledo, Spain- September 27, 2023: The Primatial Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo. Details of decorations of the interior chapels.
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