Interior of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam

Calvinism has been known at times for its simple, unadorned churches and lifestyles, as depicted in this painting of the interior of the Oude kerk in Amsterdam (south nave), by Emanuel de Witte. ...

Savonarola and his execution

Hanging and burning of Girolamo Savonarola in Piazza della Signoria in Florence in 1498. This is a 17th-century copy of a contemporary original attributed to Francesco Rosselli. In a contemporary copy from Perugia, the scroll held by angels bears ...

No taxation without representation

Print shows citizens in Boston burning proclamations from England pertaining to the stamp act of 1765, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. ...

Colosseum with Stations of the Cross

Giovanni Battista Piranesi's rendering of the Colosseum "revealing the plan and exposing the structure. Piranesi's labels ... inform us of the location in which each rank of Roman society would have been seated, from the emperor and his court to the...

Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel 360 view of this key heritage site, important religious centre, and significant example of Renaissance art in the ceiling designs by Michelangelo ...

Mausoleum of Augustus

Idealized painting of the heritage site of the Mausoleum of Augustus (1575) by Étienne Dúperac, with a view of the gardens of Cardinal Francesco Soderini. ...