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  • Clothed and crowned sculpture of the baby Jesus, used by San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross when celebrating Christmas, 16th century, by an unknown artist, in the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Family group of Guinea Baboons (Papio papio) with a baby, in the Zone Sahel-Soudan of the new Parc Zoologique de Paris or Zoo de Vincennes, (Zoological Gardens of Paris or Vincennes Zoo), which reopened April 2014, part of the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), 12th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Female Guinea Baboon (Papio papio) holding her baby, who is sucking its thumb, in the Zone Sahel-Soudan of the new Parc Zoologique de Paris or Zoo de Vincennes, (Zoological Gardens of Paris or Vincennes Zoo), which reopened April 2014, part of the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), 12th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baby Jesus, detail from Nativity, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 5, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The baby Jesus lies on straw in a stable, with Mary, Joseph, St Catherine of Alexandria and St Peter Martyr. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baby Jesus, detail from Nativity, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 5, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The baby Jesus lies on straw in a stable, with Mary, Joseph, St Catherine of Alexandria and St Peter Martyr. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old man with raincoat and baby buggy seen from behind, crossing the early morning light reflected off a bright building at the far end of a Barcelona narrow street, Spain. The wet pavement of the street is reflecting the facade of the building. Picture of Manuel Cohen
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  • Old man with raincoat and baby buggy seen from behind, crossing the early morning light reflected off a bright building at the far end of a Barcelona narrow street, Spain. The wet pavement of the street is reflecting the facade of the building. Picture of Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman clothed with the sun, depicting a woman sitting on a moon with a crown of stars, giving birth to a baby, who is taken to God by an angel, with dragon and St John, detail of the third piece depicting the Dragon, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Herod gives the order to kill all baby boys, while soldiers slaughter babies in their mothers' arms. The Massacre of the Innocents, by Francois Marchand of Orleans, 1542-44, from the choir screen, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Goddesses each holding the baby Hatshepsut, representing her education, detail from a relief of 3 rows of 4 goddesses, in the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, built 15th century BC, at Deir el-Bahari in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. Queen Hatshepsut was the 5th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty in the New Kingdom. The temple consists of 3 terraces built into the cliffs, with the sanctuary of the barque of Amun-Re, Hathor shrine and Anubis shrine. The Theban Necropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 3 rows of 4 goddesses, each holding the baby Hatshepsut, representing her education, relief in the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, built 15th century BC, at Deir el-Bahari in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. Queen Hatshepsut was the 5th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty in the New Kingdom. The temple consists of 3 terraces built into the cliffs, with the sanctuary of the barque of Amun-Re, Hathor shrine and Anubis shrine. The Theban Necropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 5, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The baby Jesus lies on straw in a stable, with Mary, Joseph, St Catherine of Alexandria and St Peter Martyr. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adoration of the Magi, Gothic capital, 14th century, in the east gallery of the Cloitre d'Elne, built 12th - 14th centuries, at the Cathedrale Sainte-Eulalie-et-Sainte-Julie d'Elne, an 11th century catalan Romanesque cathedral in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The wise men line up to present the baby Jesus with their gifts. Above, a dragon devours a man. The cloister was originally the residence of the cathedral's canons, and features Romanesque and Gothic sculptures and capitals, depicting biblical figures, animals and plants. The cathedral and its cloister are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman clothed with the sun, depicting a woman sitting on a moon with a crown of stars, giving birth to a baby, who is taken to God by an angel, with dragon and St John, detail of the third piece depicting the Dragon, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman clothed with the sun, depicting a woman sitting on a moon with a crown of stars, giving birth to a baby, who is taken to God by an angel, with dragon and St John, detail of the third piece depicting the Dragon, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity of the Virgin, c. 1480, painted German wooden sculpture of St Anne with a swaddled baby Virgin, in the Late Gothic Hall of The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The sculpture is thought to be the predella of the late Gothic altarpiece dedicated to St Anne in the parish church at Ebern, Germany. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flight to Egypt with Mary riding a donkey holding the baby Jesus and Joseph looking behind to check for pursuers, with a landscape of mountains, olive trees and palms, charcoal drawings, made 1882-91, drawn by 2 unknown men, possibly bell ringers, in the bell room of the Eglise Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Menilmontant, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Church of Our Lady of the Holy Cross of Menilmontant is a Roman catholic church built 1863-80. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flight to Egypt with Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus, with a landscape of mountains, olive trees and palms, charcoal drawings, made 1882-91, drawn by 2 unknown men, possibly bell ringers, in the bell room of the Eglise Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Menilmontant, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Church of Our Lady of the Holy Cross of Menilmontant is a Roman catholic church built 1863-80. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massacre of the Innocents, with Herod, soldiers and baby boys, stained glass window, late 13th century, from a series of windows on the New Testament, in the Chapelle Saint Joseph, the North apse chapel of the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dawn at the Alamo, detail of Susana Dickinson holding a baby, 1905, by Henry McArdle, 1836-1908, in the Senate, in the Texas State Capitol, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The Battle of the Alamo marked a turning point in the Texas Revolution, inspiring many more Texans to join up to defeat Santa Anna. The original painting by McArdle, completed in 1875, was destroyed in a fire in 1881. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Honoring Early Texas Pioneer Women, 1998, by Linda Sioux Henley, bronze statue of a pioneer woman holding a baby, commissioned by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, District VIII, on the lawn of the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The building is in Italian Neo-Renaissance style, with both Corinthian and Doric details and a large central dome. The State Capitol houses the Senate, Governor's Office, House of Representatives and Supreme Court. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure of Cruelty with a snake and a baby, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • St Stephen's Ordination to the Diaconate, 1495-1500, tempera, stucco relief and gold leaf on wood, by Vergos Group, in Gothic style, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. The painting depicts St Stephen being ordained in a ceremony by Bishop Julian, with an abandoned baby outside and 2 demons. This is a panel on the altarpiece of Sant Esteve de Granollers. The MNAC holds 13 panels from this altarpiece, of which 9 were painted by the Vergos workshop, and 4, part of the dust-shield, are attributed to Joan Gasco, d. 1529. The altarpiece is originally from the high altar of the parish church of Sant Esteve de Granollers, Valles Oriental, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Birth of St Stephen, detail of woman washing hands with servants, a devil, a sleeping servant and a sleeping baby with devil's horns, 1495-1500, tempera and gold leaf on wood, by Vergos Group, in Gothic style, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. This is a detail from a panel on the altarpiece of Sant Esteve de Granollers. The MNAC holds 13 panels from this altarpiece, of which 9 were painted by the Vergos workshop, and 4, part of the dust-shield, are attributed to Joan Gasco, d. 1529. The altarpiece is originally from the high altar of the parish church of Sant Esteve de Granollers, Valles Oriental, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Birth of St Stephen, detail of woman washing hands with servants and a devil with a swaddled baby, 1495-1500, tempera and gold leaf on wood, by Vergos Group, in Gothic style, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. This is a detail from a panel on the altarpiece of Sant Esteve de Granollers. The MNAC holds 13 panels from this altarpiece, of which 9 were painted by the Vergos workshop, and 4, part of the dust-shield, are attributed to Joan Gasco, d. 1529. The altarpiece is originally from the high altar of the parish church of Sant Esteve de Granollers, Valles Oriental, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden statue of Virgin and child with baby Jesus holding a fruit, in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Papeete, or Cathedrale Notre Dame de Papeete, planned in 1844 and built in colonial Gothic style 1856-75, on the Rue du General de Gaulle in Papeete, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. In 1968, Mayor Michel Buillard and Monsignor Hubert Coppenrath inaugurated new stained glass windows, baptismal fonts and frescoes for the cathedral. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden statue of Virgin and child with baby Jesus holding a fruit, in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Papeete, or Cathedrale Notre Dame de Papeete, planned in 1844 and built in colonial Gothic style 1856-75, on the Rue du General de Gaulle in Papeete, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. In 1968, Mayor Michel Buillard and Monsignor Hubert Coppenrath inaugurated new stained glass windows, baptismal fonts and frescoes for the cathedral. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Papoose for carrying a baby, made 1870s by Comanche artists from rawhide, deerskin, wood, brass and silver buttons, from the collection of the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of the Judgement of Solomon, with a soldier threatening to kill the baby claimed by 2 women, painted 1569-71 by Jacopo Zanguidi called Bertoja, 1544-74, from the central ceiling vault of the Room of Judgement, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. This is the room where the Cardinal granted audience. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted gargoyles, one of a monster, symbol of illness and death, and one of a frog with its baby, symbol of life in the face of illness and death, on the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity, with Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus in the stable, with an angel worshipping and a shepherd, polychrome relief from the main altarpiece by Pablo de Rojas in Mannerist style, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin Mary carrying the baby Jesus whilst riding on a donkey to Bethlehem, from the St John the Evangelist stained glass window, 13th century, in the nave of Chartres cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joseph holds the baby Jesus whilst a priest circumcises him in the temple. The circumcision of Christ, by Jean Soulas, upper scene from the choir screen, 1519-25, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. These sculpted scenes show the change in style from Gothic to Renaissance in the early 16th century in France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Top row l-r; the annunciation to the shepherds, priests and scribes consulting the scriptures to determine where Jesus is born, Herod interviewing the 3 wise men. Bottom row l-r; the annunciation (archangel Gabriel tells Mary she will have a baby), the visitation (Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth who will give birth to John the Baptist), the nativity, from the Incarnation and childhood of Christ stained glass window, 12th century, on the Western facade of the nave of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figures of Cruelty, with a snake and baby, and Deceit, with a lamb with serpent's tail, detail from the fresco of Allegory of Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Cattivo Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Fresco of the Judgement of Solomon, with a soldier threatening to kill the baby claimed by 2 women, painted 1569-71 by Jacopo Zanguidi called Bertoja, 1544-74, from the central ceiling vault of the Room of Judgement, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. This is the room where the Cardinal granted audience. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted gargoyle of a frog with its baby, symbol of life in the face of illness and death, on the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adoration of the Magi at the birth of Christ, with Mary and Joseph holding the baby Jesus below, polychrome relief from the main altarpiece by Pablo de Rojas in Mannerist style, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of naked female bather carrying baby from Qasr Amra, Jordan. These early Islamic frescoes have strong Persian and Byzantine influences. The original castle complex was built in 723-743 by Walid Ibn Yazid, the future Umayyad Caliph Walid II. It was a fortress with military garrison and residence of the Umayyad Caliphs. Today only the royal pleasure cabin remains, with reception hall and hammam or bath house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman clothed with the sun, depicting a woman sitting on a moon with a crown of stars, giving birth to a baby, who is taken to God by an angel, with dragon and St John, detail of the third piece depicting the Dragon, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Sacrifice, showing mother nursing her baby and a wine porter, fresco by Rosso Fiorentino, 1535-37, in the Galerie Francois I, begun 1528, the first great gallery in France and the origination of the Renaissance style in France, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mother goddess suckling 2 babies, Gallo-Roman figurine, clay, from Allier in Auvergne, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Contemporary ex-voto of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34,  protecting new born babies, created after the beatification of St Agnes in 1994, in the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, Langeac, Haute Loire, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, founded the monastery in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief on the side of the Greek Harpy monument, 470-460 BC, showing a seated figure, either a deity or a deified ancestor, receiving a gift of a helmet from a standing figure, and winged harpies carrying the souls of the dead, as babies, to heaven. The Harpy monument is a 7.5m high pillar tomb with burial chamber on top, Xanthos, Antalya, Turkey. The reliefs, thought to be a gift to the sarcophagus owner and his wife from other family members, were taken by Charles Fellows to the British Museum in 1842 and replaced with plaster copies. This relief demonstrates the Greek use of isocephaly, where the heads of the figures are at the same height, whether standing of seated. Xanthos was a centre of culture and commerce for the Lycians, and later for the Persians, Greeks and Romans, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to Stephane Tarnier (1828-97), French obstetrician, relief sculpture, corner of Avenue de l'Observatoire and Rue d'Assas, Paris, France. Tarnier pioneered hygiene and the use of the incubator in the care of premature babies. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Contemporary ex-voto of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34,  protecting new born babies, created after the beatification of St Agnes in 1994, in the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, Langeac, Haute Loire, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, founded the monastery in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief on the side of the Greek Harpy monument, 470-460 BC, showing a seated figure, either a deity or a deified ancestor, receiving a gift of a helmet from a standing figure, and winged harpies carrying the souls of the dead, as babies, to heaven. The Harpy monument is a 7.5m high pillar tomb with burial chamber on top, Xanthos, Antalya, Turkey. The reliefs, thought to be a gift to the sarcophagus owner and his wife from other family members, were taken by Charles Fellows to the British Museum in 1842 and replaced with plaster copies. This relief demonstrates the Greek use of isocephaly, where the heads of the figures are at the same height, whether standing of seated. Xanthos was a centre of culture and commerce for the Lycians, and later for the Persians, Greeks and Romans, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Top row l-r; the flight into Egypt with Mary and Jesus riding a donkey led by Joseph, and the journey back to Galilee on the right, with a crowd welcoming the holy family to Nazareth while the Christ child blesses them. Bottom row, the massacre of the innocents, with Herod ordering his soldiers to murder the children, a woman snatching her child back from a soldier and a massacre scene with soldiers killing babies and mothers grieving, from the Incarnation and childhood of Christ stained glass window, 12th century, on the Western facade of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity scene, Joseph protecting Mary and Jesus, sculptures by Jaume Busquets, Charity hallway, Nativity facade, La Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudi, from 1883 to his death in 1926, still incomplete, Barcelona, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity scene, Joseph protecting Mary and Jesus, sculptures by Jaume Busquets, Charity hallway, Nativity facade, La Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudi, from 1883 to his death in 1926, still incomplete, Barcelona, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of entrance to the lower chapel with coronation of the virgin in the tympanum and Virgin and Child sculpture decorating the trumeau, La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel), 1248, Paris, France. La Sainte-Chapelle was commissioned by King Louis IX to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns. The Sainte-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from below of ceiling inside domes showing mosaic of the Virgin Mary and Jesus (Theotokos and Christ) on the left, Arcangel Gabriel on the right, Hagia Sophia, 532-37, by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles, Istanbul, Turkey. Hagia Sophia, The Church of the Holy Wisdom, has been a  Byzantine church and an Ottoman mosque and is now a museum. The current building, the third on the site, commissioned by Empeor Justinian I, is a very fine example of Byzantine architecture. The historical areas of the city were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Giraffes in enclosure with fresco, Parc Zoologique de Paris, or Zoo de Vincennes, (Zoological Gardens of Paris, also known as Vincennes Zoo), 1934, by Charles Letrosne, 12th arrondissement, Paris, France. Actually closed to the public for renovation works. The Zoo is scheduled to re-open in April 2014. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity scene, Joseph protecting Mary and Jesus, sculptures by Jaume Busquets, Charity hallway, Nativity facade, La Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudi, from 1883 to his death in 1926, still incomplete, Barcelona, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mere, enfant et chat, L’arrivée des occidentaux au Japon (detail), Tsuguharu Foujita (Leonard Foujita or Fujita, 1886-1968), 1929, huile, toile, feuille d'or, 300cm x 600cm, Maison du Japon, Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, France. Photo Manuel Cohen..Mother, child and cat, Dog, Westerners come to Japan (detail), Tsuguharu Foujita (Leonard Foujita or Fujita, 1886-1968), 1929, oil, canvas, golden leaf, 300cm x 600cm, Maison du Japon (Japan House), Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandée auprès de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Low angle view from the side of the statue of Virgin and Child decorating the trumeau of the portal to the lower chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel), 1248, Paris, France. Above, the tympanum depicting the coronation of the Virgin is visible. La Sainte-Chapelle was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns. It is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of the statue of Virgin and Child decorating the trumeau of the portal to the lower chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel), 1248, Paris, France. The tympanum depicting the coronation of the Virgin is visible above. La Sainte-Chapelle was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns. It is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of bas-relief sculpture, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. One of a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis. Here we see Adam preparing food for Eve who is in bed nursing a child. Each panel has a decorated curly frame with mythical beasts in the corner. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, detail, carved polychrome gilded oak, by unknown Castilian artist, late 16th century, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Motherhood, oil painting on canvas, 1908, by Joaquim Sunyer i de Miro, 1874- 1956, from the collection Art de la Vila de Sitges, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, carved polychrome gilded oak, by unknown Castilian artist, late 16th century, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Birth of the Virgin, tempera painting on panel, late 15th century, attributed to the Domingo Ram workshop, from the Altarpiece of St Anne St Velery and St Vincent, from the parish Church of Santa Maria de Maluenda in Zaragoza, Aragon, from the collection of Dr Jesus Perez-Rosales, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, detail from Adoration of the Magi, Renaissance fresco, 1440-41, by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, a student of Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 39, the private cell of Cosimo de Medici, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madeleine Fayet and her daughter Yseult, oil painting, 1901, by Gustave Fayet, in the Musee d'Art Hyacinthe Rigaud, an art gallery housed in the Hotel de Lazerme, a private mansion built in the 18th century by the marquis Etienne de Blanes and bought in 1827 by Joseph de Lazerme, and the Hotel de Mailly, on the Rue de l'Age, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum was renovated and reopened in 2017 and houses 3 exhibitions: Gothic Perpignan, Baroque Perpignan and Modern Perpignan, including works by local artists Hyacinthe Rigaud and Aristide Maillol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ child with an apple, sculpture in painted wood, c. 1470–80, by workshop of Michel Erhart, in the Late Gothic Hall in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity, detail from the main altarpiece, dedicated to the Virgin and St Peter and carved in alabaster with scenes of their lives and of the martyrdom of St Paul, 1428, by Pere Oller, in the Catedral de Sant Pere Apostol, or Cathedral of St Peter the Apostle, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. The church was originally founded in the 11th century by abbot Oliba, of which only the crypt rand Romanesque bell tower remain. The current building is a late 18th century neoclassical church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of the Flight to Egypt, in Pancarlik Kilise or Pancarlik Church, early 11th century, in the Pancarlik Valley, Nevsehir province, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The churches are carved from the soft volcanic tuff created by ash from volcanic eruptions millions of years ago. Early christians came here to flee persecution by the Romans and others settled here under the influence of early saints. This area forms part of the Goreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural detail of the birth of the Virgin, from scenes from the Life of the Virgin, on the main portal, designed by Andres de Vandelvira, 1509–75, in Plateresque style, and carved by Esteban Jamete, 1515-65, at the Sacra Capilla del Salvador, or Sacred Chapel of the Saviour, designed by Diego de Siloe and Andres de Vandelvira and built for Francisco de los Cobos in 1536 in Spanish Renaissance style and consecrated in 1559, on the Plaza Vazquez de Molina, in Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The Renaissance buildings of Ubeda and Baeza are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation del Nino en el Templo, or Presentation of the Child in the Temple, detail, oil painting, by Juan de Borgona, 1470-1534, in the Museo Diocesano Cuenca or Cathedral Treasury Museum, in the Episcopal Palace, Cuenca, Spain. The historic walled town of Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and Child with a bunch of grapes, painting, c. 1520, oil on wood, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1472-1553, in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and Child, tondo painting, 1505-10, by Adriaen Isenbrant, 1490-1551, painted for Bishop Jorge de Almeida and his Paso Episcopal de Coimbra, now the Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro, Coimbra, Portugal. The museum was opened in 1913 and renovated 2004-2012. The city of Coimbra dates back to Roman times and was the capital of Portugal from 1131 to 1255. Its historic buildings are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds, oil painting on wood, 1420, by the Master of Flemalle, Robert Campin, 1375-1444, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. This painting depicts the birth of Christ and the Adoration of the Shepherds, with 2 midwives on the right and a choir of angels overhead. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rich family from Bordeaux with a black servant holding a child, painting, 18th century, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Bordeaux was an important slave trading city, many African slaves passed through Bordeaux and its white inhabitants also settled the West Indies as plantation owners. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Virgin, from a triptych of Adoration of the Magi, attributed to Pieter I Cock díAlost, 1502-50, oil painting on panel, from the Church of Saint-Loup, Chalons-en-Champagne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The church is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgen de Belen, 18th century Baroque sculpture by Jose de Mora, on the wooden altarpiece in the side chapel, Capilla de la Virgen de Belen, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The nativity of St John, plaque on the North side of the Gothic choir screen, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaics panel based on the stainglass figurative stories achieved in 2012-2013 by the pupils of the school Notre Dame de Poissy under the direction of mosaics artist Sandrina Van Geel, Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, showing the Western bell tower and chapels of the North aisle, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. This panel depicts the baptism of Saint Louis, held by his mother Blanche of Castile in 1214. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840 and has been restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Marie Louise of Austria, 1791-1847, second wife of Emperor Napoleon I, Empress of France 1810-14, presenting the King of Rome, Napoleon II, painted 1813 by Gerard Francois Pascal Simon, 1770-1837 from the collection of the Chateau de Versailles et de Trianon, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Adoration of the Magi, from the Life of the Virgin and the Childhood of Christ grisaille stained glass window with silver and gold on white glass, 1545, by the School of Fontainebleau, in the South chapel choir of the Collegiate Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, built 12th to 16th centuries in Gothic and Renaissance styles, in Gisors, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. The church was consecrated in 1119 by Calixtus II but the nave was rebuilt from 1160 after a fire. The church was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The adoration of the Christ child by the shepherds and the angels, from the Nativity, by Jean Soulas, upper scene from the choir screen, 1519-25, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. These sculpted scenes show the change in style from Gothic to Renaissance in the early 16th century in France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Painting of nativity on a keystone, Church Santa of Maria del Mar, 1324-79, Ribera, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Berenguer de Montagut, founded to commemorate the Catalan conquest of Sardinia in the reign of Jaume II (1267-1327), its name represents the naval supremacy of the House of Barcelona. It stands on the site of a Roman cemetery (4th-6th century). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Antoine de Padoue (St Anthony of Padua), Eglise Saint-Sulpice (St Sulpitius' Church), c.1646-1745, late Baroque church on the Left Bank, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of fresco depicting a Knight presented by St George to the Virgin, by Badile Bartolomeo, 14th Century, in the Chiesa S. Giorgetto dei Domenicani, also known as S. Pietro Martire, 1283, Verona, Italy. The Church, built by the Dominicans, contains 14th century frescoes which were covered over during the 19th century and damaged when the layer of plaster was later removed. They depict the Brandenburg Knights who arrived in Verona in 1354 to work with Cangrande II. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of fresco depicting a Knight presented by St George to the Virgin, by Badile Bartolomeo, 14th Century, in the Chiesa S. Giorgetto dei Domenicani, also known as S. Pietro Martire, 1283, Verona, Italy. The Church, built by the Dominicans, contains 14th century frescoes which were covered over during the 19th century and damaged when the layer of plaster was later removed. They depict the Brandenburg Knights who arrived in Verona in 1354 to work with Cangrande II. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of Deesis mosaic, 12th-13th century, showing Emperor John II Komnenos, Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, and Empress Irene, Hagia Sophia, 532-37, by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles, Istanbul, Turkey. Hagia Sophia, The Church of the Holy Wisdom, has been a  Byzantine church and an Ottoman mosque and is now a museum. The current building, the third on the site, commissioned by Emperor Justinian I, is a very fine example of Byzantine architecture. The historical areas of the city were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Holy Family on the Flight into Egypt, stone relief at the entrance to the Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, or Abu Serga, founded 4th century, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The church is believed to have been built on the site where the Holy Family stayed after their Flight into Egypt, and is the oldest church in Egypt. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna and child, painting, by Elisabetta Sirani, 1638-65, in the Berthier Gallery, displaying the family collection of 130 paintings, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The gallery was renamed in August 1797 after French general Louis-Alexandre Berthier who visited with Napoleon. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monkey protecting its young, detail, tapestry in the Tapestry Gallery, designed 1677 by Andrea Biffi, since 1886 housing a series of Flemish tapestries c. 1565, made by the workshop of Pieter Coecke van Aalst in Brussels, from cartoons by Michael Coxie and Willen Tons, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The tapestries are theological, with animals illustrating evil, sin and redemption. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity, detail, tempera painting on panel, c. 1400, by Pere Serra, active 1357-1406, from the parish Church of San Pere de Cubells, La Noguera, Lleida, from the collection of Dr Jesus Perez-Rosales, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin surrounded by angel musicians, detail, tempera painting on panel, late 15th century, attributed to the Master of Maluenda, from the parish Church of Santa Maria de Maluenda in Zaragoza, Aragon, from the collection of Dr Jesus Perez-Rosales, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, detail, tempera painting on panel, by an unknown artist, from the collection of Dr Jesus Perez-Rosales, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, tempera painting on panel, by an unknown artist, from the collection of Dr Jesus Perez-Rosales, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity, tempera painting on panel, c. 1400, by Pere Serra, active 1357-1406, from the parish Church of San Pere de Cubells, La Noguera, Lleida, from the collection of Dr Jesus Perez-Rosales, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Nicholas performing a miracle by resurrecting a young child, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massacre of the Innocents, tempera painting on wood, 1451-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants, detail from the Armadio degli Argenti, an ex voto door for Santissima Annunziata depicting the Life of Christ, now in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flight into Egypt, tempera painting on wood, 1451-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants, detail from the Armadio degli Argenti, an ex voto door for Santissima Annunziata depicting the Life of Christ, now in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity, tempera painting on wood, 1451-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants, detail from the Armadio degli Argenti, an ex voto door for Santissima Annunziata depicting the Life of Christ, now in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation at the Temple, Renaissance fresco, 1450-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Joseph is carrying a basket with 2 doves and Mary witnesses Jesus being held by Simeon, while St Peter Martyr and St Catherine of Siena look on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adoration of the Magi and Man of Sorrows, Renaissance fresco, 1440-41, by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, a student of Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 39, the private cell of Cosimo de Medici, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation at the Temple, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1450-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Joseph is carrying a basket with 2 doves and Mary witnesses Jesus being held by Simeon, while St Peter Martyr and St Catherine of Siena look on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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