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... represented with horns is the result of an error in the Latin translation of the Bible ( Exodus XXXIV , 35 ) . On either side stand the two very beautiful statues of Leah ( hold- ing a wreath and a mirror ) who represents active life ...
... represented with horns is the result of an error in the Latin translation of the Bible ( Exodus XXXIV , 35 ) . On either side stand the two very beautiful statues of Leah ( hold- ing a wreath and a mirror ) who represents active life ...
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... represents Heracli- tus ( a portrait of Michelangelo ) ; the old man lying slouched on the steps is taken to be Diogenes , and on the extreme right Raphael included his own self - portrait in a black cap ; nearby is Zoroaster , holding ...
... represents Heracli- tus ( a portrait of Michelangelo ) ; the old man lying slouched on the steps is taken to be Diogenes , and on the extreme right Raphael included his own self - portrait in a black cap ; nearby is Zoroaster , holding ...
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... representing the city and lower down in the basin a ship which represents the Tiber Island . 208. THE FISHPONDS ( Villa d'Este ) . In the background one can glimpse the splendid waterfall and the Fountain of the Hydraulic Organ . 209 ...
... representing the city and lower down in the basin a ship which represents the Tiber Island . 208. THE FISHPONDS ( Villa d'Este ) . In the background one can glimpse the splendid waterfall and the Fountain of the Hydraulic Organ . 209 ...
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1st century BC 2nd century 4th century BC altar ancient Apollo apse artist Augustus Baroque basilica Borghese bronze building built Capitol Caravaggio Cardinal CASTEL SANT'ANGELO Castor and Pollux catacombs ceiling centre Christ Christian church Circus Maximus COLOSSEUM columns constructed decorated designed Emperor Empire entrance Etruscan excavations facade fountains fresco Gallery Gian Lorenzo Bernini Hadrian Holy Imperial interior Italy Jacopo Torriti Julius Caesar Last Judgement later Madonna and Child marble masterpiece mausoleum metres Michelangelo monumental mosaic Moses Museum of Roman nave obelisk Old St Peter's painted palaces Palatine Palazzo dei Conservatori Pantheon papacy Paul Perugino Piazza Pietro Pinacoteca pope Porta portrait Raphael reconstructed Renaissance represents Revine Roma Roman Civilisation Roman copy ROMAN FORUM Rome saints Santa Maria Maggiore scene seven hills Sistine Chapel Sixtus St John Lateran ST PETER'S SQUARE statue Temple of Vesta Tiber Island Titus tomb Trajan's vault victory Villa Virgin wall