reliquaries

Seeking inspiration in Siena

Reliquary skull in Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Reliquary skull in Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Detail of inlaid marble floor in Siena’s Duomo. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Detail of inlaid marble floor in Siena’s Duomo. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

View of Siena’s main square and Palazzo Pubblico. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

View of Siena’s main square and Palazzo Pubblico. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Museo Civico, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Museo Civico, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Reliquary skull in Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Reliquary skull in Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Death and Vienna

Stephansdom. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Stephansdom. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Kirche Mariahilfe. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Kirche Mariahilfe. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Naturhistorisches Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Naturhistorisches Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial by Rachel Whiteread. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial by Rachel Whiteread. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Kirche Mariahilfe. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Kirche Mariahilfe. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Naturhistorisches Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Naturhistorisches Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Naturhistorisches Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Naturhistorisches Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Stephansdom. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Stephansdom. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Naturhistorisches Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Naturhistorisches Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Stephansdom. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Stephansdom. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Egon Schiele’s Dead Mother. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Egon Schiele’s Dead Mother. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Michaelerkirche. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz

Michaelerkirche. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz