Up close in Ravenna

Detail of mosaics in Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

From Dante’s tomb in Ravenna, Italy. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Mosaic in Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe, near Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Detail from the ceiling of the Arian Baptistery, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Detail from the ceiling of the Arian Baptistery, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Decoration inside Basilica di San Francesco, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Detail from the ceiling of the Arian Baptistery, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Figures of Ravenna

Ceiling of the Neonian Baptistery, Ravenna, Italy. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Architectural fragment with creepy, crouching putto in the Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Two bone figurines in the Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Winged Death in the Basilica San Giovanni Battista, Ravenna, Italy. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Architectural fragment with putto in the Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

17th century icon of St. George and the Dragon by Emanuele Tzane from Rethymnon, in the Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Bone objects from the 14th and 15th centuries in the Ravenna National Museum depicting two lovers exchanging gifts, Jason sailing on the sea, and a dragon. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Architectural fragment with wreathed putto in the Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ceiling of the Arian Baptistery, Ravenna, Italy. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.