THE RENAISSANCE Scroll down to find: Various public statues in ROME; a view of the Cathedral in MILAN; a evening view of the fountains in TIVOLI; a series of grotesque gargoyles and statues from the period; several views of the central courtyard in BLOIS, FRANCE; A Renaissance castle on a lake near the German border; the elaborate ceilings of sculpted angels in the Academia Museum, VENICE; the zodiac clock in St.Marco’s ,VENICE; an elaborate door and balcony in VENICE; the canals in rainy winter at dusk in VENICE; various views of FLORENCE, ITALY; The Philosopher’s Garden, PODOVA,ITALY
ROME. MILAN
These images of statues in Rome accurately portray the more violent parts of the city during the Renaissance. The fountain of the girl behind the Palazzo Farnese looks out at the world in a stunned horror.
GARGOYLES & STATUES
BLOIS
The palace at Blois was first a medieval fortress, (visited by Joan of Arc),a early Renaissance home of Louis XII, and a project of the Renaissance king, Francis 1. It was abandoned by him on the death of his wife, and fell into disrepair until 1840, when it was declared a historic monument, and slowly restored.
VENICE
Holding forth as the largest and richest trading center in the Mediterranean, Venice continued to exert artistic and political influence throughout the
Renaissance.
FLORENCE
The center of the Italian Renaissance in art and innovation.
PADOVA, ITALY - The Philosopher’s Garden
