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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 themu2026Ray Bradbury)
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Benedetto da Maiano (1442-1497) Altarpiece of the Annunciation (detail) Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, Naples
Annunciation Giovanni d'Ambrogio, marble, circa 1397 Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence
Nanni di Banco, St. Luke the Evangelist, 1408-13 Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence
Donatello, St. John the Evangelist, 1408-15 Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence
Nanni di Banco, St. Luke the Evangelist and Donatello, St. John the Evangelist, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence
Firenze Museo di Orsanmichele Baccio da Montelupo, S. Giovanni Evangelista
Lorenzo Ghiberti - San Matteo per la Chiesa di Orsanmichele a Firenze, 1412-16
Lorenzo Ghiberti – St Stephen per la Chiesa di Orsanmichele a Firenze, 1412-16
'Disputation' (aka 'Plato & Aristotle') by Luca della Robbia, marble, 14th century Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence 'Grammar' by Luca della Robbia Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence
Antonio Micheli - by Vincenzo Consani Florence (Uffizi)
St. Paul by Paolo Romano Roma Ponte Sant'Angelo
St. Paul by Paolo Romano with the inscription "Hinc retributio superbis" ("here retribution for the proud“)
St. Peter by Lorenzetti Roma Ponte Sant'Angelo, with the inscription “Hinc humilibus venia” (here forgiveness to the humble)
Statue of Julian of Norwich, holding the book, Revelations of Divine Love, at Norwich Cathedral
The Allegory of Science by Albert Wolff (1814-1897) Berlin
The Allegory of Science by Albert Wolff (1814-1897) Berlin
The Allegory of Science by Albert Wolff (1814-1897) Berlin
Rome San Paolo fuori le Mura – (St Paul outside the walls) Statue by Giuseppe Obici (1807 - 1878)
Rome San Paolo fuori le Mura – (St Paul outside the walls) Statue by Giuseppe Obici (1807 - 1878)
Rome San Paolo fuori le Mura – (St Paul outside the walls) Statue by Giuseppe Obici (1807 - 1878)
Rome Statue of Saint Paul by Adamo Tadolini 1838, Piazza S. Pietro
Rome Statue of Saint Paul by Adamo Tadolini 1838, in front of the St. Peters Basilica
Rome Statue of Saint Paul by Adamo Tadolini 1838, in front of the St. Peters Basilica
Rome San Giovanni in Laterano San Simone Zelotes by Francesco Moratti (XVIII sec.)
Rome San Giovanni in Laterano San Simone Zelotes by Francesco Moratti (XVIII sec.)
Rome San Giovanni in Laterano San Giovanni Evangelista, by Camillo Rusconi 1715-18 San Giacomo Minore by Angelo de' Rossi (XVIII sec.)
Rome San Giovanni in Laterano San Paolo and San Pietro by Pierre-Étienne Monnot (1657 – 1733)
Rome San Giovanni in Laterano San Paolo by Pierre-Étienne Monnot (1657 – 1733)
Rome San Giovanni in Laterano
Rome San Giovanni in Laterano San Matteo Camillo Rusconi (1658 - 1728)
Rome San Giovanni in Laterano San Matteo Camillo Rusconi (1658 - 1728)
Rome S. Pietro Nolasco 1742 by Pietro Paolo Campi Basilica S. Pietro Rome Michaelangelo‘s statue of Moses in the Basilica de San Pietro in Vincoli
Statue de saint Jacques à la cathédrale d'Arles Statue of Anthony the Hermit (460 - 520)
Ivan Mestrovic (Croatian 1883-1962) ? Reading woman cemetery sculpture
Tomb of James Whitcomb Riley Tomb of Albert-Pie de Savoie Musée du Louvre
Jean Jacques Caffieri (1725-1792) La Sibylle d'Erythrée Musée du Louvre, Paris
Jean Jacques Caffieri (1725-1792) La Sibylle d'Erythrée Musée du Louvre, Paris
Augustin Pajou (French 1730-1809), Calliope, ca 1763, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Augustin Pajou (French 1730-1809), Anacreon tearing a feather from off the wings of Cupid. 1749 Musée du Louvre, Paris Augustin Pajou (French 1730-1809), Anacréon inspiré par l'Amour
Denis Foyatier La Sieste 1848 Musée du Louvre
Jean Jacques Caffieri (1725-1792) Pierre Corneille 1778 Musee du Louvre, Paris