Italian Architectural Frescoes

Photographic studies of intricate frescoes and ceiling designs in Italian palaces, reflecting Renaissance and Baroque artistry.

Lazio Roma Frascati S. Maria in Vivario5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views, including facade, bell tower, fountain, and a fresco (damaged).; interior views of nave, apse fresco, altar (sarcophagus), crucifix, cupola, and baptismal font. Antiquities: One sarcophagus that serves as an altar. 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.
Lazio Roma Frascati S. Maria in Vivario5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views, including facade, bell tower, fountain, and a fresco (damaged).; interior views of nave, apse fresco, altar (sarcophagus), crucifix, cupola, and baptismal font. Antiquities: One sarcophagus that serves as an altar. 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.