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Monopoli - The painting The Sacrifice of Isaac in the Cathedral by  the Francesco de Mura (1755).
El Greco, Greek (active in Italy and Spain), 1541 - 1614, Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple, c. 1570-1575, Oil on Canvas
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.
Veliky Novgorod, Russia - August 27, 2022: Antique Russian orthodox icon. Prophets Moses and David, 16th century
Oceanus Tethys Mosaic from Daphne (Harbiye) in southern Turkey. Fourth century A.D.
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.
Acireale - The fresco The Sacrifice of Isaac in Duomo - cattedrale di Maria Santissima Annunziata by Pietro Paolo Vasta (1736 - 1739).
A print from an old 18th century Bible of the flight to Egypt from Bethlehem in the Christmas story, Mary riding on a donkey with the Christ child.  A key story in the Christian faith.
Paris , france, april 04,  2017 : mural paintings decors by french painter Auguste Charpentier (1813-1880) in Saint Roch  church
Head in medaillon. Roman fresco from the Casa dei Vettii (VI 15,1) in Pompeii.
Florence - Duomo .The Last Judgement. Inside the cupola
Part of the Four Seasons Mosaic in the House of Dionysos in Kato Paphos archeological park, Cyprus
Life of Jesus. By Albert Welles. NY 1874 Completely redrawn (in a new style) ancient illustration.
Dates back to 1791. Soma, Manisa, Turkey.
Brescia, Italy - May 23, 2016: Brescia - The painting Prophet Elijah Receiving Bread and Water from an Angel in church Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista by by Alessandro Bonvicino - Moretto (1498 - 1554).
Aerial view of the Ancient City of Kibyra, also known as the City of Gladiators, Aerial view of the ancient theater and fountain of Kibyra in Turkey, Cibyra or Kibyra was an Ancient Greek city near the modern town of Gölhisar in Burdur\n\nCibyra or Kibyra, also referred to as Cibyra Magna, was an Ancient Greek city near the modern town of Gölhisar, in Burdur Province. It lay outside the north-western limits of the ancient province of Lycia and was the chief city of an independent state known as Cibyratis. Since 2016 it has been included in the Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey.
Chapel of the Third Order, painted decoration from the 18th century, Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales
Apollo, with his bow and quiver sits behind a wall or trellis with a muse at the moment when Admetos and Alkestis receiving the oracle\nFresco from House of the Tragic Poet ( Pompeii )\n\nAlcestis and Admetus of Pherae\nAlcestis, in order to comply with the prophecy of Apollo, agrees to sacrifice herself in place of her bridegroom, king Admetus.\nPompeii, House of the Tragic Poet, VI 8, 5, tablinum.\n45-79 AD.\n\nAlcestis was the fairest among the daughters of Pelias, king of Iolcus, and either Anaxibia or Phylomache. She was sister to Acastus, Pisidice, Pelopia and Hippothoe. Alcestis was the wife of Admetus by whom she bore a son, Eumelus, a participant in the siege of Troy, and a daughter, Perimele.\nIn Greek mythology, Admetus was a king of Pherae in Thessaly.
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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.
painting by Caravaggio inside the church of San Luigi dei Francesi in the city of Rome.The work is open to the public free of charge inside the cloisters of the church
Painting by Luigi Sabatelli dated 1806 in the Chapel of Madonna del Conforto, Cathedral of Arezzo
Rome - The painting Baptism of St. Paul in the church Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini by Pietro Berrettini da Cortona (1596 - 1669).
Leather Book Label , Italian, Monte Sancto, Dante, Petrercha
Mosaic of the Prophet Daniel in the facade of Basilica of Saint Paul outside the walls. Rome, Italy
Roman fresco showing flower dealers. Cherubs represent the flower dealers, and the flowers are being carried in baskets over one cherub's shoulder and on the back of a goat. This fresco is from the triclinium (dining room) of the House of the Vettii in Pompeii\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
Detail of the tapestry from Como Cathedral in Italy. Como Cathedral is the Roman Catholic cathedral opened at 1396.
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
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