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Various architectural sketches and designs featuring ornamental details, ceiling paintings, and floral motifs from historical European contexts.

French crown, Paris, Chéreau, Jacques-François, Lalonde, Richard de, Foin, Augustin, XIVe Cahier de l'Oeuvre de La Londe O Rosettes de Plafonds avec leurs Profils, Rosette with garlands, verso - stamped, Rosette with floral motif, garlands and a border with acanthus leaves. Below the profile of the rosette., print, ornament print, title print, prints, ornament prints, height 344 mm, width 217 mm, 1726 - 1759, print maker, printmaker, 1784 - 1785, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1742-10-14 - 1794-05-16, publisher, uitgever van privilege
French crown, Paris, Chéreau, Jacques-François, Lalonde, Richard de, Foin, Augustin, XIVe Cahier de l'Oeuvre de La Londe O Rosettes de Plafonds avec leurs Profils, Rosette with garlands, verso - stamped, Rosette with floral motif, garlands and a border with acanthus leaves. Below the profile of the rosette., print, ornament print, title print, prints, ornament prints, height 344 mm, width 217 mm, 1726 - 1759, print maker, printmaker, 1784 - 1785, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1742-10-14 - 1794-05-16, publisher, uitgever van privilege
155 assets in this story
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Lazio Roma Albano Laziale S. Pietro6. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architectural sculpture, capital. Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, (15-16th century); sculpture, painting, wall painting, tapestry, coats-of-arms Antiquities: Sarcophagus Object Notes: Bibliographic information filed with original worksheets 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.
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Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877), Rundbet (without dat.): Grundriss Rondell and Details. Ink and red pencil on paper, 22.3 x 16.3 cm (including scan edges) Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877): Rundbeet
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Book of Kells: Initial "L" 8th Century Illuminated manuscript Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Campania Caserta Capua Museo Campano11. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Byzantine architectural fragments; parchment fragments with miniatures (12th century) from Montecassino; painted wooden crucifix (13th century); Carolingian crucifixes; Bishop's miter (11th century) of gold and silver damask; fresco (13th century). Post-medieval: Architecture (15th century). Formerly the Palazzo Antignano. Unusual Catalan/Moorish-style portal; Paintings on panel and canvas (15th-18th centuries); marble intarsia (16th century); marble sculpture: busts of Christ and Mary (17th century); sculpture of saints in marble and in wood (15th century); painted and gilded sculpture in wood; marble grave sculpture (16th century); sarcophagus with allegorical carvings; gold reliquary "Rosa d'Oro"; crucifix made of elephant tusk Specific Location: Pianterreno Antiquities: Italic sculpture (seated women holding babies); inscription. Photo campaign #1: 533 photos. Roman relief and sculpture; cinerary urns; Greek an
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Guide for Constructing the Letters ç and tironian et; Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish , Hungarian, 1542 - 1600); Vienna, Austria; about 1591 - 1596; Watercolors, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 16.6 x 12.4 cm (6 9,16 x 4 7,8 in.)
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Amsterdam, Chevalier, Nicolas, Medal with an emblem and the names of the electors of Cologne, verso center - written, Design of a round medal with, in six concentric circles, the names of the electors of Cologne and their years of reign, starting with Archbishop Henry II of Virneburgen and ending with Joseph Klements of Bavaria. In the center of the medal an emblem with a burning cross on the left and a mirror on the right. The motto of the emblem reads: 'Malefibo incend itur igni'., print, prints, 42, diameter 70 mm, Work conception, 1661-06-01 - 1720, after a design by, 1685 - 1720, paper, papier, etching, etchings, print maker, printmaker
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Design for a necklace. Draughtsman: Mathieu Lauweriks. Dating: Nov-1912. Measurements: h 325 mm × w 256 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Doolhof, Bernard Picart (workshop of), 1731 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving labyrinth, maze ~ garden
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Amsterdam, Mortier & J. Covens & Zoon, C., Bry, Theodor de, Antwerp, Maes, Joseph, Bijoux, XVIe Siècle, Reproduction of four prints with jewels by Theodor de Bry, recto - stamped, photomechanical print, page, reproduction, photographs, photographically illustrated books, Bijoux de Théodore, recto - printed, LITT: B. - PL. 6., JJvY, height 342 mm, width 230 mm, photographer, 1875 - 1880, paper, papier, photolithography, fotolithografie, Belgisch, 1838 - 1908, clichémaker, Work conception, Zuid-Nederlands, 1528 - 1598-03-27, after a print by
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Intricate two-part carving in ivory: "Heaven and Hell," hinged together to close. Views of Salem and vicinity. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Salem (Mass.)
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Abruzzo L'Aquila Celano Museum46. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Manuscripts: Miniature nella Marsica; Trasacco - Antifonario; Tagliacozzo - Messale; Avezzano - L'Ecultet Metalwork--processional crosses Post-medieval: Vestments, metalwork, painting, frescoes, sculpture 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.
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Snow Crystal. Artist: Wilson Alwyn Bentley (American, 1865-1931). Date: 1890s-1920s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Lüsterteller mit Adler; Lüsterteller mit Schuppen.. Prints. 1912. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection
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Nuremberg, Jamnitzer, Wenzel, Amman, Jost, Six polyhedra with an octahedron as starting point, The geometric figures (polyhedra) become more complex from top to bottom. Numbered lower right: B.II. This print is part of a book., print, book illustration, page, prints, height 256 mm, width 175 mm, Swiss, 1539 - 1591-03-15, print maker, printmaker, 1568 - 1568, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, German, 1508, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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The International Exhibition: detail of the grille from the Hereford Screen, designed by G. G. Scott, R.A., manufactured by Skidmore's Art-Manufacturers' Company, Coventry, 1862. 'This work...the grandest and most triumphant achievement of modern architectural art...the largest art-work in metal of which we have knowledge...fitly illustrates the most glorious scene ever enacted on this earth - the Ascension of our Lord... In the cusped oval in the centre of the work, standing upon a capital round which the passion-flower is arranged with peculiar skill, is the Saviour risen above the suffering
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Tataouine, Tunisia. Mural on the wall of a hotel in the ancient Berber town of Ksar Ouled Soltane. (Editorial Use Only)
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Nuremberg, Jamnitzer, Wenzel, Amman, Jost, Six polyhedra with a dodecahedron as starting point, The geometric figures (polyhedra) become more complex from top to bottom. Numbered lower right: DV This print is part of a book., book illustration, print, page, prints, height 253 mm, width 172 mm, Swiss, 1539 - 1591-03-15, print maker, printmaker, 1568 - 1568, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, German, 1508, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Sogenannte Damaskusschüssel; Sogenannte Damaskusschüssel.. Prints. 1912. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection
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Owl play. The owl game. A circular board game with boxes with objects, animals and dice. In the middle an owl with a mirror. Under the show the rules in two columns.
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Arabesques plateau en bronze damasquiné, created in 1877 by Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879). The work, published by A. Morel et Cie in Paris, is representative of Islamic decoration and ornament, specifically focusing on decorative arts and metal-work. The tray measures 45.5 x 33 cm and reflects architectural and artistic influences from Egypt and Cairo
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Bacchus on a Donkey. Medium: punch engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master IS.
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Yun-Lo. Chinois; Design for marquetery of musical instrument hung up to ribbons in around medallion. One of 103 designs for marquetics of ribbons hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the Great Hall of the Prince of Orange Palace in Brussels in 1828.
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Labyrinth. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: 1770 - 1808. Measurements: h 170 mm × w 148 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Design for a necklace with pendant, Mathieu Lauweriks, 1874 - 1932 drawing Colored reproduction of a design for a necklace with pendant. paper. pencil necklace
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Van der Wolk, Tile panel, six tiles, purple, blue, yellow and green on white, pendulum clock with Roman numerals, IVDP Wolk to Rotterdam, topped by winged hourglass, bones and scythe, tile picture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted Two broad three high IVDP CLOUD TO ROTTERDAM 21 Rotterdam transience dead Louis XV Louis XV Louis Quinze
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The owl board / Jeu de la Chouette. The owl game. A circular board game with boxes with objects, animals and dice. In the middle an owl with a mirror. Surrounded by a decorative edge. Under the show the rules in two columns in Dutch and in French. Numbered in the middle above: N. 226.
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Böhmer Franz (1907-1943), Haus Darré in Berlin-Dahlem (1936-1936): Catalog sheet: Wall clock 3. Colored pencil over light break on paper, 57.3 x 57.7 cm (including scan edges) Böhmer & Petrich : Haus Darré, Berlin-Dahlem. Umbau
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Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: De coninck Antigonus (...). Spieghel der schrijfkonste (series title). Dating: 1605. Place: Rotterdam. Measurements: h 192 mm × w 295 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan van de Velde (I) (mentioned on object).
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Owl game, c. 1850 print. gameboard The owl game. A circular board game with compartments containing objects, animals and dice. In the middle an owl with a mirror. Under the show the rules in two columns. Amsterdam paper letterpress printing board-games. board-games of chance. owls
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Design for a list. Dating: 1487 - 1548. Measurements: h 205 mm × w 291 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Andrea di Cosimo (attributed to).
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Design for the sheet of a coffee table. Draughtsman: Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof. Dating: 1876 - 1924. Measurements: h 99 mm × w 164 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Four photo productions of ornament prints with abstract patterns, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph At the top left (442) a print of three circles with abstract patterns, bottom left (444) A print of abstract patterns, top right (443) a print of a cartouche and abstract patterns, bottom right (445) a print of abstract patterns. Europe cardboard. photographic support albumen print abstract interlace, knotwork ~ ornament. ornament ~ cartouche. foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament - AA - stylized Europe
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Nècropole de Thèbes. Cônes funéraires.. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879). Prints, Illustrations. 1847. General Research Division. Egypt , Antiquities
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Fiori di Ricami Nuovamente Posti in Luce, page 15 (recto) 1591 Matteo Florimi Italian Designed by Matteo Florimi, Italian, active Siena, ca. 1581-died 1613, published by Francesco de' Franceschi, Italian, active 16th century, Venice.From top to bottom, and left to right:Design composed of 4 horizontal registers. First register is decorated with 5 rounded triangular motifs ornamented with different floral patterns. Second register is decorated with 5 triangle motif ornamented with different floral patterns. Third and fourth columns appear similar as they are decorated with 8 circular and triangular motifs ornamented with various linear and floral patterns.. Fiori di Ricami Nuovamente Posti in Luce, page 15 (recto) 660983
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Dry stamp (TF)
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Snow Crystal. Artist: Wilson Alwyn Bentley (American, 1865-1931). Dimensions: Image: 2 7/8 × 2 15/16 in. (7.3 × 7.5 cm)Sheet: 2 15/16 in. × 4 in. (7.5 × 10.2 cm). Date: 1890s-1920s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Snow Crystal. Artist: Wilson Alwyn Bentley (American, 1865-1931). Dimensions: Image: 2 15/16 × 3 1/4 in. (7.4 × 8.2 cm)Sheet: 3 × 4 in. (7.6 × 10.1 cm). Date: 1890s-1920s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Design for a rug. Draughtsman: Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. Dating: 1874 - 1945. Measurements: h 212 mm × w 120 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Creation of the World, 1784, Kitagawa Utamaro; Author: Tōrai Sanna, Japanese, 1753 - 1806, 8 9/16 x 5 3/4 x 3/16 in. (21.8 x 14.6 x 0.4 cm), Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Japan, 18th century
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Marble slab with a skull relief, Church of Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
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Design for a necklace with pendant, Mathieu Lauweriks, 1912 drawing tracing paper. pencil necklace (+ women's clothes)
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Capital Letter Z James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). , 1886-1894. Ink on paper mounted on board, Sheet: 4 5/8 x 4 11/16 in. (11.8 x 11.9 cm). European Art 1886-1894
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Powinszowania świąteczne z Dzieciątkiem II. Goryńska, Wiktoria (1902-1945), graphic artist
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Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley. Frederick H. Evans (British, 1853 - 1943)
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Design for a brooch. Draughtsman: Mathieu Lauweriks. Dating: c. 1874 - c. 1932. Measurements: h 143 mm × w 224 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Black ink and gouache drawing by Johann Aman depicting the spectator area and plafond of the old Burgtheater at Hofburg, Vienna I, 1820.
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Campania Napoli Naples S. Lorenzo Maggiore77. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Sculpture, architecture, architectural sculpture (including Roman spolia) 13-14th century Chapter house; sarcophagi, gravestones; wall painting. Fragment of mosaic; sculptural fragments in the Sala Capitolare. Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, ceiling painting fresco cycle; prints depicting Venice c. 1845 (4), sculpture; life-size creche figures dressed in original Neapolitan costume Church restored in 1882, 1926, 1944; excavations under the transept undertaken between 1958-1962, and in the cloister in 1976, have revealed remains of a Roman macellum (market), street, and the paleochristian basilica of the 6th c. AD. Antiquities: Pottery: black-glazed, archaic banded, domestic wares, bucchero; architectural terracottas, statuettes, lamps, sculpture fragments Object Notes: 3 color negatives with no prints at the end. General Notes: Most objects/paintings/frescoes unidentified. Three batches
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Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 33 (recto). Designer: Isabella Catanea Parasole (Italian, ca. 1565/70-ca. 1625). Dimensions: Overall: 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (20 x 26 cm). Publisher: Antonio Fachetti , Rome. Date: 1610.Designed by Isabella Catanea Parasole, Italian, ca. 1575-ca. 1625, published by Antonio Fachetti, Rome.From top to bottom, and left to right:Design is decorated with 11 black circles, each ornamented with a different floral pattern. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Luigi Conconi, Ruit Hora (Fleeting Time), 1893 Ruit Hora (Fleeting Time)
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States of Holland and West Friesland, Amsterdam, Schenk, Pieter (I), Theater of War, Beginning from King Charles II. Up to King Charles III. Existing in IX. Historical Figures on a Olifants Blad, als Veldstrijden, Besiegen te Water en te Lande, met de hoofd Vestingen, Schouwburg van den oorlog (blad XXX), ca. 1700-1710, Sheet with nine maps of fortified cities. Blad XXX in: Schouwburg van den oorlog (edition of 1720), the printwork with the bundled series of 31 plates about the War of the Spanish Succession., print, prent, map, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 538 mm, width 635 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1660-12-26 - 1711, print maker, printmaker, 1700 - 1710, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, verlener, verlener van privilege
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Painted capital letters from 8th century manuscripts. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874
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Writing board, second half of 20th century, 20 5/8 × 9 1/8 × 7/8 in. (52.39 × 23.18 × 2.22 cm), Wood, pigments, leather, Nigeria, 20th century, This board with colorful representations of stylized animals in combination with words, numbers, and geometric shapes, is called allo kafi gida. This term in the Nigerian Hausa language means 'home protection board.' Custom-made by a specialized Muslim cleric-artist, the board is kept hidden by the head of the family as a talismanan object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortunethat protects him and his family. The iconography of these protective boards draws elements from the Qur’an, Sufi mysticism, and Hausa animal symbolism. This particular board shows birds, and possibly a lizard.
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Emilia-Romagna Ravenna Bagnacavallo Museo Civico8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Paintings on canvas; manuscripts Antiquities: cippi (Gracchi), cippi fragments, bipedal bricks, terracotta amphorae 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.
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Drawing, Design for three rings; Made by Salvatori (Italian, active 19th century); Italy
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Abruzzo L'Aquila Celano Museum10. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Manuscripts: Miniature nella Marsica; Trasacco - Antifonario; Tagliacozzo - Messale; Avezzano - L'Ecultet Metalwork--processional crosses Post-medieval: Vestments, metalwork, painting, frescoes, sculpture 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.