Images

The Marriage of the Virgin painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520 CE). Around 1504 CE. (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy)

Chateau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The chateau was built between 1519 and 1547 CE on the banks of the Cosson River, a tributary of the Loire.

Chateau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The chateau was built between 1519 and 1547 CE.

Chateau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The chateau was built between 1519 and 1547 CE.

Head of King Antiochus I of Commagene (r. 70 - c. 38 BCE) on the West Terrace of Mount Nemrut in southeastern Turkey.

Overview of the colossal heads on the West Terrace of Mount Nemrut, a tomb-sanctuary built by King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene in the 1st century BCE on one of the highest peaks of the Eastern Taurus mountain range in what is now south-eastern...

Head of Hercules-Artagnes-Ares on the western terrace of Mount Nemrut, a tomb-sanctuary built by King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene in the 1st century BCE on one of the highest peaks of the Eastern Taurus mountain range in what is now southeastern...

A c. 1545 CE portrait of the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE) by Daniele da Volterra. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

The Last Judgement, an altar fresco in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City, Rome by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE). 1536-1541 CE.

The Creation of Adam, a panel of the painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City, Rome by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE). Made 1508-12 CE.