Baptismal Font
Banquet of Herod
Ghiberti’s Baptism of Christ
Jesus in front of Pilatus
This image, beyond being a simple reprography of a fresco painting in the baptisterium of the cathedral of Siena, also carrries one of the significant properties of photography, namely making hard to see things visible to the normal eye: the light in the baptisterium was pretty low and it was not easy to stand there…
Baptisterium Ceiling
Gothic Altar
Crucifixion Group
Memento Mori
Behind the Cathedral
Fresco al Balcony
What a Space
… and no cars! We only too easily forget the quality of life we give up – or have to give up without being asked – for car traffic devouring all our public spaces.
Ring on the Wall
Palazzo Publico
The Campo
Towards the Campo
Stained Glass Window
The Siennese Coats of Arms
Choir Stalls
The Spacious Firmament on high
Admiring St. Mary
This is not the only image I have from that side altar, but I like it more than the variant without the admirers. In my eyes, this gives a better impression of the mood in the cathedral, lively but not at all fun park style.
S. Bernardin
I hope I am not overly stretching your patience with so many pictures from the Siena cathedral, but I found it a breathtaking experience, in spite of the many tourists that were in that church with me.
S. Crescentius
Above us only Sky
I had visited the cathedral of Siena already 30 years ago, but it did not fail to make the same overwhelming impression on me this time again. Where the cathedral of Florence makes the visitor small by its sheer size and reduced lighting, in Siena the paramount arching towards the vaulted roof creates a lighter…
Gargoyle and Saint
Holy Mary and the Saints
