Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Yup.

Vézelay Abbey
The ones who have not yet received the Word of God are not quite human: some are dwarfes...

Château de Chenonceau
Lions on a 16th century Flemish tapestry. Their faces seem somewhat off.

Pomposa Abbey
Ah, the apocalypse. One of the seven-headed beasts. But the real beast here is you, Alesso Bersano.

Pomposa Abbey
The unfortunate ending of Saint Eustace and his family in a brazen bull. Yes, this was a torture device: one was locked in the bronze bull and then fire was lit underneath the bull...

Museo Arcivescovile
Immortal peacocks on a sarcophagus.

Saint Andrew's Chapel
The ceiling in the narthex. Plenty of different birds, most notably the famous ducks, and the white lilies.

Saint Andrew's Chapel
Narthex of the chapel depicting Christ dressed as Roman emperor, standing on a lion and a snake (Psalm 91). His book says EGO SVM VIA VERITAS ET VITA - I am the way, the truth, the life. The top part is original mosaic, the bottom part is just painted!

Saint Andrew's Chapel
I told you it was fake. Just painted on the wall. Oh well.

Saint Andrew's Chapel
Saint Mark's lion holding the thickest Gospel - despite Mark's Gospel being the shortest of all four.

Classe
I took this picture because of the lion. Then I noticed the bull... Holy cow, what did they do to its face?

Classe
The later sarcophagi were decorated with simpler patterns, like these immortal peacocks drinking from the fountain of life.

Detail
Detail of a lovely window grill.

The Fourth Rider of the Apocalypse, detail
Detail of the Fourth Rider of the Apocalypse by Imants Lancmanis (from 2007-2009). Painting is in the National Museum of Art.

Pink Panther
Well... I did not expect to see him in Leoben.

Porto Azzurro
Via Nardelli Vincenzo

Double-headed eagle
On the corner of Stephansplatz and Jasomirgottstrasse.

Santi di Tito - Detail
Santi di Tito - Detail. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro.

Spoleto Cathedral, Interior

Volta pinta
Volta pinta (1556) - Loggia under Palazzo del Comune in Assisi. The frescoes are inspired by Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome. Painted probably by Raffaello Coda da Rimini.

Volta pinta
Volta pinta (1556) - Loggia under Palazzo del Comune in Assisi. The frescoes are inspired by Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome. Painted probably by Raffaello Coda da Rimini. Honestly, I don't know how to feel about this image...

Volta pinta (1556) - Loggia under Palazzo del Comune in Assisi
The frescoes are inspired by Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome. Painted probably by Raffaello Coda da Rimini. Inspired by Nero probably explains it.

Volta pinta (1556) - Loggia under Palazzo del Comune in Assisi
Volta pinta (1556) - Loggia under Palazzo del Comune in Assisi. The frescoes are inspired by Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome. Painted probably by Raffaello Coda da Rimini. Yes, Nero.

Fontana Maggiore
Fontana Maggiore (1275-1278), Perugia. Romulus and Remus and their wolf-mother.

Dragon underneath San Crescentino in front of the cathedral, Urbino
San Cresentino is the patron saint of Urbino.

Studiolo, intarsia
Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Lantern
Lantern of what is now Higher Institute for Artistic Industries. Urbino

Napoleon's villa
Sala del nodo d'amore: Ceiling with the lover's knot, expressing the love between Napoleon and Maria Luisa.

An allegory of melancholy
An allegory of melancholy (1528) by Lucas Cranach, detail. At that time, melancholy was one of four humours making up the human temperament and character. Fancy shoes!

An allegory of melancholy
An allegory of melancholy (1528) by Lucas Cranach, detail. This is a group of witches riding in the sky (a boar, a cow, a cat? ...)

An allegory
An allegory (1590) by El Greco, Domenikos Theotokopoulos. A very unusual painting, probably illustrating "the simple moralising message that lust appeals to our foolish and baser instincts".

The Monarch of the Glen
The Monarch of the Glen (~1851) by Sir Edwin Landseer

Church of the Holy Souls
The Nativity scene. Set is a mixture of 16th century buildings as well as more recent ones.

A tile on a wall
Not the official coat of arms of Marciana, but it could be.

Art in Marciana
Some local art in Marciana.

Tiger graffiti
Tiger graffiti in Èze. Exceptionally well made.

Les Sangliers de l’Esterel
These are some funny statues by Golec & Golec (2013).

Chiesa di San Pietro Extra Moenia
The two panels indicating the contrast between posthumous fates of a righteous man (above) and of a sinner (below).

Chiesa di San Pietro Extra Moenia
The story about the lion and the woodcutter.

Siena Cathedral
She-wolf of Siena, surrounded with emblems of confederate cities, dating from 1373.

Siena Cathedral
The Hellespontine Sibyl (detail) by Neroccio di Bartolomeo. She was known for her prediction of Crucifixion. The wolf and the lion represent Siena and Florence.

Siena Cathedral
A lion on the exterior of the cathedral. I am a bit intrigued by his eyes...

Loggia della mercanzia

Fonte Gaia
The first fountain was built in 1342, this one was made in 1419 by Jacopo della Quercia.

Fonte Gaia
The original statues are kept in a museum, these are some (old) copies.

:-)
Two doggos watching the Florence Cathedral.

Palazzo Vecchio
A lion in the Palazzo Vecchio. No, this time we didn't enter it, just walked around the palace a bit.

Detail
Street lamps in Florence have very interesting bases ;-) Oh, and they are of course three-legged.

Tiles in Alfama
Finding little treasures while getting lost in Alfama.

Panda Bâ
Panda Bâ by Julien Marinetti, it was placed here just two weeks prior to our visit.

Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune
Such lovely beams under the ceiling. I think the inscription says Seule * as seule etoile, meaning the founder's wife.

Tapestry
A magnificent almost 8 m long "thousand flowers" tapestry is from the 16th century. What an interesting motif...

Beaune Polyptych detail
Another lovely detail of the Beaune altarpiece. A piglet hiding behind the painted statue of Saint Anthony.

Château de Chambord
One of the famous Flemish tapestries commissioned by Francis I in 1532. It depicts the story of Scipio Africanus, the Roman General who defeated Carthage. The oxen are taken to the temple of Jupiter to be sacrificed, while the elephants and camels carry the wealth brought back from Africa.

Serpent d'ocean
... to see the Serpent d'ocean. Made by Huang Yong Ping in 2012.

Serpent d'ocean
Unfortunately, there was high tide so we could not walk to the serpent.

Pomposa Abbey
What a lovely peacock. A peacock is apparently considered incorruptible, representing the yearning for heavenly beatitude.

Casa Matha
Casa Matha is a guild of fishermen, one of the oldest in the world.

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
Deer drinking water. At first I thought they were eating watermelons :-) And then there are two more apostles around the chi-rho-alpha-omega sign.

Basilica of San Vitale
The apostles, decorated with fish! Fish!

Basilica of San Vitale
The Lamb of God, supported by four angels standing on blue globes. And plenty of animals, my favourite being peacocks.

Ravenna

Saint Andrew's Chapel
The dome is decorated with four angels pointing towards IX, and the four symbols of the evangelists.

Museo Arcivescovile
Pulpit - ambo (597) shows plenty of animals as well as Saints John and Paul. Made out of a reused old sarcophagus.

Museo Arcivescovile

Ravenna
Well, hello there!

Classe
Buffalo by Davide Rivalta. In front of the Basilica of Sant' Apollinare in Classe.

Classe
What an idyllic scene.

Classe
My guess would be that the difference in green background also means the border between the original and restored mosaics.

Classe
More idyllic scenery. Not all of it is completely original though, but I don't know which part is and which isn't.