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Collection of photographic images of works of art: the world of books and reading<br>(You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading themu2026
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Porta della Carta, the ceremonial entrance to the palace (1442) Doge Francesco Foscari and the winged Lion of St Mark
Venice The winged Lion of St Mark The Clock Tower of the Piazza San Marco
New York city Appellate courthouse Frederick Ruckstuhl Wisdom
Dante Alighieri in Naples Statue by Tito Angelini
Verona Piazza dei Signori Dante
Verona Piazza dei Signori Danteby Ugo Zannoni1865
Verona Piazza dei Signori. This square is also called “Piazza Dante”
Dante by Ugo Zannoni1865
George Mason Memorial, statue by Wendy M. Ross, Washington D.C. He is widely hailed as an early champion of human rights and his writings helped inspire the 1948 United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.
George Mason (1725-1792) Memorial East Potomac Park Washington D.C.
London Westminster Abbey Monument to Sir Isaac Newton by William Ken
London Westminster Abbey Monument to Sir Isaac Newton by William Ken
Antony Gormley’s Sound II in the crypt of Winchester Cathedral
Woman Reading by Jacques Lipchitz, 1919 The bookseller Ludwig Metzger Platz Darmstadt, Germany
Bruno Lucchesi (Italian-American, 1926) Bruno Lucchesi Sappho
Bruno Lucchesi (Italian-American, 1926) Mass communications 1965
Bruno Lucchesi (Italian-American, 1926) Reading 1978 (detail)
Bruno Lucchesi (Italian-American, 1926) Reading 1978
Bruno Lucchesi (Italian-American, 1926)
According to legend, Abraham Lincoln greeted Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862 by saying "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war." Whether the story is true or not, the sentiment underscores the public connection between Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Civil War.
Bruno Lucchesi (Italian-American, 1926) Lincoln meets Stowe, 2006
Harriet Beecher Stowe Bruno Lucchesi Lincoln meets Stowe, 2006
Downtown Hartford Riverwalk Statue Park Bruno Lucchesi Lincoln meets Stowe, 2006
Ivan Meštrović (Croatian, 1883 – 1962) Gregory of Nin in Split
Ivan Meštrović (Croatian, 1883 – 1962) Gregory of Nin in Split
Ivan Meštrović (Croatian, 1883 – 1962) Gregory of Nin in Split
Ivan Meštrović St. Gregory of Nin in the little town of Nin near Zadar
Lisbon Monument to the Age of Discovery - (Padrão dos Descobrimentos) in Belem