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157x200, 712x906, 949x1208 | Front CoverRome (1905) The text reads “ROME: Painted by Alberto Pisa Text by M. A. R. Tuker & Hope Malleson. SPQR” The SPQR here is a reference to Senatus Populusque Romanus, which is Latin for the Senate and People of Rom [...] Keywords: colour, book covers Places shown: none Added: 2006-02-09 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1300x863, 1733x1151, 2311x1535, 301x200, 731x486, 975x648 | S. Peter’s and Castel Sant’ Angelo From the TiberRome (1905) A painting showing St Peter’s Basilica and Saint Angelo’s Castle from the river Tiber, at sunset. There is also a version of this image cropped for use as a computer desktop background, or wallpaper i [...] Keywords: rome, churches, cathedrals, colour, sunsets, christmas Places shown: Rome; Italy Added: 2006-02-09 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | St. Peter’s Rome from the River Tiber: wallpaper versionRome (1905) A version of the painting of St. Peter’s Rome from the River Tiber cropped for use as a screen background, desktop, wallpaper image, root window picture, or whatever you want to call it. Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, colour, cathedrals, sunsets Places shown: Rome; Italy Added: 2006-02-09 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 117x200, 524x896, 698x1194 | A Procession in the Catacomb of CallistusRome (1905) Navigating the underground paths of the dead in Rome, carrying only a flickering torch to fend off the darkness! The note printed on the tissue-paper protecting this image reads: The nucleus of the gr [...] Keywords: death, caves, people, roman remains, catacombs, interiors, colour, spooky Places shown: Rome; Italy Added: 2006-02-09 + S K L R N |
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| 148x200, 557x754, 743x1005, 990x1340 | Chapel of San Lorenzo at S. Benedict’s, SubiacoRome (1905) This painting by Alberto Pisa shows the inside of the upper church of Sacro Speco, at the Benedictine monastery at Subiaco, near Rome, in Italy. The frescoes (wall-paintings) are from the fourteenth [...] Keywords: interiors, frescoes, art, chapels, churches, shrines, religion, colour Places shown: Subiaco; Rome; Italy Added: 2011-02-27 + S K L R N |
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1141x778, 1522x1038, 293x200, 856x584 | Porta San PaoloRome (1905) “Gate in the Aurelian wall rebuilt by Belisarius. This is the gate of the Ostian Way to the basilica of S. Paul’s—one of the seven great pilgrimage churches—of which the Kings of England were Protect [...] Keywords: castles, colour, towers, people Places shown: Rome; Italy Added: 2006-06-05 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested |
1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | The Colosseum in a StormRome (1905) Dark and broody skies over one of the world’s most famous landmarks in this painting by Alberto Pisa. The writer in the extract that follows appears to be unaware that the Greeks also had amphitheatre [...] Keywords: roman remains, storms, art, paintings, ruins, buildings, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour Places shown: Rome; Italy Added: 2015-10-03 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | Arch of ConstantineRome (1905) Erected by the Senate in his honour A.D. 312. Eighteen years later he retired to Byzantium, leaving the Roman Bishops in virtual possession of the eternal city. (p. 234) Keywords: arches, roman remains, ruins, colour, backgrounds, wallpaper, trees Places shown: Rome; Italy Added: 2011-02-27 + S K L R N |
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