Renee Mertz September 25, 2019 Figures of Ravenna Renee Mertz September 25, 2019 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.
Renee Mertz August 28, 2019 Faces of Ravenna Renee Mertz August 28, 2019 Sixth century Byzantine mosaics and eighteenth century Baroque painting in the Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz. Surprised lion at Basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo (?). Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz. Graffiti in Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz. Neonian Baptistery, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz. Mosaic in Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz. Roman marble bust of the philosopher Carneade in the Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz. 5th century mosaics in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.