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View of the Sala, decorated with 'Pale', or shovels (photo)

BAT309480 View of the Sala, decorated with 'Pale', or shovels (photo) by Italian School, (15th century); Villa Medicea di Castello, Florence, Italy; (add.info.: Hall of the Pale: Accademia della Crusca shovels, Castello, Villa Medici: The hall takes its name from the 153 ancient shovels that are preserved here, personal emblems of the sixteenth and seventeenth-century members of the Accademia. Every shovel bears the academic name of its owner, the motto (a line of verse originating from the 14th century usually composed by Petrarch, chosen to encapsulate the spirit of the enterprise chosen by the Academician) and an image. Original Asset title: View of the decorated 'Pale' or shovels used for bread baking ); Photo © Nicolo Orsi Battaglini; Italian, out of copyright

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Rose window, Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy

2914054 Rose window, Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy by Orcagna, Andrea di Cione (c.1308-68); (add.info.: Duomo di Orvieto; Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta is a large 14th-century Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The Rose Window, by Andrea di Cione, also known as Orcagna (1354-1380), is the focal point and catalyst for the observer of the cathedral facade. It consists of a double row of columns with intersecting arches, where the center stands the face of Christ the Redeemer surrounded by mosaics in 4 triangles. These are by Piero di Puccio (1388), and depict the four doctors of the church: St. Augustine, St. Gregory the Great, St. Jerome and St. Ambrose. Externally, the Rose Window is surrounded by sculptures representing, among others, the apostles and 12 prophets. The statues and the heads are in travertine.); A©Mark Edward Smith; Italian, out of copyright

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Facade of the Casa Buonarroti (photo)

BAT254017 Facade of the Casa Buonarroti (photo) by Italian School, (16th century); Florence, Tuscany, Italy; (add.info.: on the Via Ghibellina; Michelangelo bought three houses in 1508; nephew united them following a plan by Michelangelo himself and great-nephew created an art gallery in 1612; never actually lived in by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564);); Photo A© NicolA? Orsi Battaglini; Italian, out of copyright

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