an outstanding collection of medieval art - along with the Santo Stefano complex, our favorite venue in Bologna
The beautiful cortile of the Medieval Museum, housed in the 15th century Palazzo Ghisilardi, one of the most prominent buildings built in the Bentivoglio era
various Romanesque sculptures and bas reliefs depicting some of the most distinguished 14th century professors from the University. Bologna is proud, rightly so, that the docents' funeral art was more important than that of political figures. What a magnificent testimony to Bologna La Dotta!
an extremely rare example of remnants of paint/color on the funeral monument of one of the illustrious docents.
a detail of an exquisite, sublime, terracotta "Madonna and Child" masterpiece by Jacopo della Quercia
an intriguing mythological figure from the early 13th century
one of the beautiful coiffered ceilings in the museum
one of several original 14th century stained-glass windows
Comments (1)
Wonderful photos, Mary. This looks like a fascinating museum.
Posted by sandrac | March 27, 2009 8:01 PM
Posted on March 27, 2009 20:01