Italian Historical Art

Black and white photographs documenting medieval and Renaissance architectural sculptures, frescoes, and artworks from various Italian regions, capturing historical artistry.

Lazio Frosinone Anagni Chiesa0. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, cosmati pavement, fresco fragments. Views of the exterior and interior, especially of the (damaged) frescoes and mosaic floors. Owner: chiesa dei cappuccini 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 Frosinone Anagni Chiesa0. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, cosmati pavement, fresco fragments. Views of the exterior and interior, especially of the (damaged) frescoes and mosaic floors. Owner: chiesa dei cappuccini 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.