Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
REMBRANDT The Holy Family with Angels (Mary) 1645
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. Oil on canvas, 117 x 91 cm, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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CIMABUE Christ Enthroned between the Virgin and St John the Evangelist (detail) 1301-02
Mosaic, 385 x 223 cm, in the apsis in the Cathedral (Duomo) of Pisa
The full mosaic is not by Cimabue... perhaps only the head of St. John, according to Wikipedia
Apsis - a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar (Dictionary.com)
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