Also in the Pauline chapel is Michelangelo's crucifixion of St. Peter. (Both Pauline chapel images from books)

The portion of that Palace which was the basilica was turned into a church. Fresco of the Lateran Basilica as found in a fresco in San Martino Ai Monti.

Another trompe d'oeil masterpiece of Andrea Pozzo is the vault fresco representing the missionary activity of the Jesuits titled "the Triumph of Saint Ignatius." The scene represents the ultimate success of the baroque in ...

Continued frescos by Sodoma

The simplest answer to the source of early Christian iconography is in the iconographic vocabulary available in the secular Roman world. Christian iconography, drawn from contemporary cultural images was useful to the ...

The problems of iconographical perception and practice are obvious. John presumes a portrait is of an idol. Lycomedes is not apologetic but insists that what he has done is proper; he is but showing love and reverence for ...

Signore Zinobelli and Loculi in the Catacomb of Pietro e Marcellino.

Fresco of Adam and Eve in the catacomb of Pietro e Marcellino.

South aisle, fourth chapel, the annunciation is by Antoniazzo Romano - 1500

The Christian saw in the resurrection of Lazarus the promise of his own resurrection and oneself as a citizen of the heavenly Jerusalem. The heavenly Jerusalem, four square, fresco from the tomb of the Aurelii.