Ancient Architectural Masks

Details of ancient architectural friezes featuring masks and animal motifs, representing historical artistic styles from different cultures.

Fountain

Italy, Turin. This city is famous to be a corner of two global magical triangles. This is a protective mask of stone on the top of a luxury palace entrance, dated around 1800, Europe

UK Oxford Carved Gargoyle Figure

Myra, amphitheatre with mask frieze of the Roman stage building, Lycia, Turkey, Asia

Statue of a lion on St. George's Fountain in Rothenburg ob der Tauben

Old medieval street statue fountain in Dubrovnik, Croatia

Caryatid or stone face on a town house, neo-Renaissance, 19th century, Humboldtstrasse 1, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Villa Palagonia Baragia, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Singapore, , Singapore, Guardian statue

Italy, Bologna, Parco della Montagnola, lion statue

Cow head relief on a pillar, ancient city of Knidos, Knidos, near Datca, Datca Peninsula, Mugla Province, Aegean, Turkey, Asia

USA, Hawaii, Kauai, Kapa'a, Hawaiian carving.

Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Replica Of Renaissance Statue Of David By Michelangelo In The Piazza Della Signoria Beside The Palazzo Vecchio Beyond Statue Of Lion With Paw On Cannonball.

Skulptur Prager Burg stone sculpture Prage Castle Copyright: xZoonar.com/J.O.Photodesignx 4107243

GREECE, Ionian Islands, KEFALONIA, Kokolata: Greek Lawn Ornament Statue Showplace, Statue of Atlas

Lion figure at Holstentorplatz square, Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Lion sculpture in London,England,United Kingdom

Ancient sculpture on Sri Lanka

Lion Sculpture on Loggia dei Lanzi Museum outside Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria Square in Florence, Italy

Ornate Satyr Carving with Pan Flute on Historic Building

Libya, Leptis Magna. Head of Medusa in the forum.

Lion sculpture with coat of arms from 1890, war memorial, commemoration of the Franco-Prussian War !870/71, sculptor Georg Leistner, Erlangen, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Satan head made of marble, useful for Satanic concept

UK Oxford Carved Gargoyle Figure

lion head bas-relief lion head, bas-relief, wood carving Copyright: xZoonar.com/mrivsergx 12896616

Italy, Turin. Made of stone and located on a marble arch, aroud 300 years old. Fallen angel in the shape of a roaring lion, Europe

Dragon statue

Ancient style sculpture of The Medici lion in Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence, Italy. Black and white. Ancient sculpture of The Medici Lion. Florence, Italy

Fantastic lion statue at Beihai Park. Beijing; China

Relief medallion on the external facade of the old palace, Bayreuth, Upper Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

woman face, Palma cemetery, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Phat Quang Buddhist temple. Imperial guardian lion at entrance. Marble statue. Chau Doc. Vietnam.

Figures at the west portal, St., Saint, Saint

Head of a sculpture with laurel wreath, Hanseatic City of Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Merlion statue, Sentosa, Singapore Copyright: xIanxPereira/DinodiaxPhotox

Antique water fountain in Spain

Siniai, Romania. Peles Castle. Statue of lion holding shield.

Sculpture, head of a man above an entrance gate, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Ornamental console with lion, relief in console under bay window, town house in Art Nouveau style, Seltersweg, old town centre, Giessen, Giessen, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Italy, Turin. Made of stone and located on a marble arch, aroud 300 years old. Fallen angel in the shape of a roaring lion, Europe

Italy, Turin. This city is famous to be a corner of two global magical triangles. This is a protective mask of stone on the top of a luxury palace entrance, dated around 1800, Europe

Sculpture, antique lion, detail, marble statue in front of the Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Nerva (30-98). Roman Emperor (96-98). Antonine dynasty. Bronze statue. Detail. Forum of Nerva. Rome. Italy.

Sculpture of a Pile of Nude Bodies by Gustav Vigeland, Oslo, Norway

Italy, Tuscany, Siena Cathedral, pulpit with the Nativity Scene by Nicola Pisano, 1265-1269, detail

Male bronze head, two waterspouts in snake shape coming out of mouth, fountain sculpture, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Mexico, Chiapas, Palenque. Stone relief details in the Palace; Palenque Ruins

A carved lion statue next to the Basilica a of St Marks in Venice Italy.

Russia, St. Petersburg, Catherine's Palace (aka Bolshoi Yekaterinsky Dvorets). Palace private gardens.

Stone lion

Shisa

Wasserget on the Mosesbrunnen in the old town of Bern Wassersbrunten on the Mosesbrunnen in the old town of Bern, Switzerland / Gargoyle of the Mosesbrunnen Moses Fountain in the old town of Bern, Switzerland

Statue of a Lion. Marble. Asia Minor (). 1st-2nd century AD. Kerch, Crimea, Black Sea. The lion Barrow. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Assyrian Art. "Lamasu" or Bull-man. Detail of the head. Reliefs from Sargon II's Palace. Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). Assyria, 721-705 BC. Alabaster. 8th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

marble and statue in old city of london england

Detail from a fountain in central Bruges.

Winged anthropomorphic bull made of glazed ceramics (5th-6th centuries BC). From Persepolis, Iran. National Museum of Iran. Tehran. Islamic Republic of Iran.

Fountain of the 99 Spouts. L'Aquila. Abruzzo. Italy

Lion Sculpture, Museum of Art Entrance, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, USA

Patio de Can Ordines D'Almadrà.Figura monstruosa tallada.Centro historico.Palma.Mallorca.Baleares.España.

Dolphin fountain on Muensterplatz by Wolfgang Neithard, water features, dolphin figures, bronze figures, gargoyles, Ulm, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Lazio Viterbo Caprarola Palazzo Farnese72. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Bomarzo, Sacro Bosco (Sacred Forest) / (Parco di Mostri) Pluton/Poseidon/Tiber

Scuplture in Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Buddhist culture

Lion figure with shield and double eagle from the lion fountain built in 1773, coat of arms, tongue, sticking out, mouth, open, free-standing, Muensterplatz, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Sandstone sculpture of a demon with a key on a historic house

Sculpture, head of a man above an entrance gate, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

France, Chatillon-sur-Seine, Detail of Gorgon on Bronze Vix krater (vase used to mix wine and water)

NEW ZEALAND North ISLAND WAIKATO country enormous stone Maori sculpture representing a human head

Figure at the historic trough fountain, Sebald courtyard, Albrecht-Duerer-Platz 1, Nuremberg, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Detail on the town hall in the Weser Renaissance style in Hannoversch Muenden, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Detail of Galeone Neptune ship, tourist attraction in Genoa, Italy Detail of Galeone Neptune ship, tourist attraction in Genoa, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ALEXxTIHONOVx 4415950

Italy, Turin. This city is famous to be a corner of two global magical triangles. This is a Medusas head made of bronze close to the historical garden of Valentino in Turin, Europe

Italy, Turin. Made of stone and located on a marble arch, aroud 300 years old. Fallen angel in the shape of a roaring lion, Europe

a head of a saurian made of tiles and stones styled by antonio gaudie in park guell

Statue of a dragon, Park of Monsters or The Sacred Wood of Bamarzo, Bomarzo, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Sculpture of human likeness, Sagrada Familia; Barcelona, Spain

Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, Europe, Close-up of a lion's head as a gargoyle on a stone wall, historic city centre, Europe

marble and statue in old city of london england

Italy, Turin. Made of stone and located on a marble arch, aroud 300 years old. Fallen angel in the shape of a roaring lion, Europe

Madrid, Spain, Europe Figurehead relief on a facade

Merlion statue, Singapore Copyright: xIanxPereira/DinodiaxPhotox

Figure on a fountain in the gardens of the Moorish King's Palace of Real Alcazar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Statue, Harbour, Altefaehr, Island of Ruegen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

USA, Texas, Austin. Laguna Gloria, Garden of the Four Seasons, sculpture, Venetian statues. Original home of the Austin Museum of Art.

Lion statue, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Ornamental relief portrait on the façade of Bruges City Hall 1376.

Florenz , Toscana, Italien Brunnen auf der Piazza Basilika Santa Croce, Fragment Copyright: xZoonar.com/IgnacyxPILCHx 22079390

Golden bear figure on facade, former Gasthof Baeren, inn, restaurant, sculpture, plastic, Eningen unter Achalm, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Weikersheim, castle park/ dwarf with drums

Italy, Prima Porte (north of Rome), mask in home of Bernard Anson (Dado). (PR)

Carved figure on the front of the old famous half-timbered house "Angel house" or "Hans Raffns house" build 1573 in Ystad, Scania, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Berlin

Austria, Salzburg. Garden at Mirabell Palace

Low angle view of a statue, Alabaster Sphinx, Memphis, Egypt

Stone fountain with face sculpture from which water flows, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Dwarf figure in Zwerglgarten, Mirabell Gardens, Salzburg, Land Salzburg, Austria, Europe

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