Ancient Architectural Masks

Details of ancient architectural friezes featuring masks and animal motifs, representing historical artistic styles from different cultures.

Myra, amphitheatre with mask frieze of the Roman stage building, Lycia, Turkey, Asia

Italy, Turin. This city is famous to be a corner of two global magical triangles. This is a protective mask of stone on the top of a luxury palace entrance, dated around 1800, Europe

Statue of a lion on St. George's Fountain in Rothenburg ob der Tauben

Cow head relief on a pillar, ancient city of Knidos, Knidos, near Datca, Datca Peninsula, Mugla Province, Aegean, Turkey, Asia

USA, Hawaii, Kauai, Kapa'a, Hawaiian carving.

Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Replica Of Renaissance Statue Of David By Michelangelo In The Piazza Della Signoria Beside The Palazzo Vecchio Beyond Statue Of Lion With Paw On Cannonball.

GREECE, Ionian Islands, KEFALONIA, Kokolata: Greek Lawn Ornament Statue Showplace, Statue of Atlas

Skulptur Prager Burg stone sculpture Prage Castle Copyright: xZoonar.com/J.O.Photodesignx 4107243

Lion figure at Holstentorplatz square, Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Lion sculpture in London,England,United Kingdom

Ornate Satyr Carving with Pan Flute on Historic Building

Libya, Leptis Magna. Head of Medusa in the forum.

Dragon statue

Lion sculpture with coat of arms from 1890, war memorial, commemoration of the Franco-Prussian War !870/71, sculptor Georg Leistner, Erlangen, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Lion Sculpture on Loggia dei Lanzi Museum outside Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria Square in Florence, Italy

Fantastic lion statue at Beihai Park. Beijing; China

woman face, Palma cemetery, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

lion head bas-relief lion head, bas-relief, wood carving Copyright: xZoonar.com/mrivsergx 12896616

Nerva (30-98). Roman Emperor (96-98). Antonine dynasty. Bronze statue. Detail. Forum of Nerva. Rome. Italy.

Figures at the west portal, St., Saint, Saint

Phat Quang Buddhist temple. Imperial guardian lion at entrance. Marble statue. Chau Doc. Vietnam.

Sculpture of a Pile of Nude Bodies by Gustav Vigeland, Oslo, Norway

Relief medallion on the external facade of the old palace, Bayreuth, Upper Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

CA, Honduras. Face carving at Copan Ruins

Antique water fountain in Spain

Mexico, Chiapas, Palenque. Stone relief details in the Palace; Palenque Ruins

Winged anthropomorphic bull made of glazed ceramics (5th-6th centuries BC). From Persepolis, Iran. National Museum of Iran. Tehran. Islamic Republic of Iran.

A carved lion statue next to the Basilica a of St Marks in Venice Italy.

Assyrian Art. "Lamasu" or Bull-man. Detail of the head. Reliefs from Sargon II's Palace. Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). Assyria, 721-705 BC. Alabaster. 8th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Italy, Tuscany, Siena Cathedral, pulpit with the Nativity Scene by Nicola Pisano, 1265-1269, detail

Ornamental console with lion, relief in console under bay window, town house in Art Nouveau style, Seltersweg, old town centre, Giessen, Giessen, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Merlion statue, Sentosa, Singapore Copyright: xIanxPereira/DinodiaxPhotox

Shisa

Wasserget on the Mosesbrunnen in the old town of Bern Wassersbrunten on the Mosesbrunnen in the old town of Bern, Switzerland / Gargoyle of the Mosesbrunnen Moses Fountain in the old town of Bern, Switzerland

Siniai, Romania. Peles Castle. Statue of lion holding shield.

Statue of a Lion. Marble. Asia Minor (). 1st-2nd century AD. Kerch, Crimea, Black Sea. The lion Barrow. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Patio de Can Ordines D'Almadrà.Figura monstruosa tallada.Centro historico.Palma.Mallorca.Baleares.España.

Dolphin fountain on Muensterplatz by Wolfgang Neithard, water features, dolphin figures, bronze figures, gargoyles, Ulm, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Fountain of the 99 Spouts. L'Aquila. Abruzzo. Italy

Russia, St. Petersburg, Catherine's Palace (aka Bolshoi Yekaterinsky Dvorets). Palace private gardens.

Sculpture, antique lion, detail, marble statue in front of the Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Scuplture in Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Buddhist culture

Bomarzo, Sacro Bosco (Sacred Forest) / (Parco di Mostri) Pluton/Poseidon/Tiber

Detail from a fountain in central Bruges.

marble and statue in old city of london england

Lazio Viterbo Caprarola Palazzo Farnese72. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Sandstone sculpture of a demon with a key on a historic house

France, Chatillon-sur-Seine, Detail of Gorgon on Bronze Vix krater (vase used to mix wine and water)

NEW ZEALAND North ISLAND WAIKATO country enormous stone Maori sculpture representing a human head

Lion figure with shield and double eagle from the lion fountain built in 1773, coat of arms, tongue, sticking out, mouth, open, free-standing, Muensterplatz, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Sculpture of human likeness, Sagrada Familia; Barcelona, Spain

Lion Sculpture, Museum of Art Entrance, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, USA

Sculpture at the Ming graves in the North of Peking, China, Asia

Statue of a dragon, Park of Monsters or The Sacred Wood of Bamarzo, Bomarzo, Lazio, Italy, Europe

a head of a saurian made of tiles and stones styled by antonio gaudie in park guell

Figure at the historic trough fountain, Sebald courtyard, Albrecht-Duerer-Platz 1, Nuremberg, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

USA, Texas, Austin. Laguna Gloria, Garden of the Four Seasons, sculpture, Venetian statues. Original home of the Austin Museum of Art.

Sculpture, head of a man above an entrance gate, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Italy, Turin. This city is famous to be a corner of two global magical triangles. This is a Medusas head made of bronze close to the historical garden of Valentino in Turin, Europe

Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, Europe, Close-up of a lion's head as a gargoyle on a stone wall, historic city centre, Europe

Berlin

Weikersheim, castle park/ dwarf with drums

Statue, Harbour, Altefaehr, Island of Ruegen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Austria, Salzburg. Garden at Mirabell Palace

Carved figure on the front of the old famous half-timbered house "Angel house" or "Hans Raffns house" build 1573 in Ystad, Scania, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Madrid, Spain, Europe Figurehead relief on a facade

Golden bear figure on facade, former Gasthof Baeren, inn, restaurant, sculpture, plastic, Eningen unter Achalm, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Florenz , Toscana, Italien Brunnen auf der Piazza Basilika Santa Croce, Fragment Copyright: xZoonar.com/IgnacyxPILCHx 22079390

Lion statue, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Low angle view of a statue, Alabaster Sphinx, Memphis, Egypt

Monument to Gediminas, Founder of Vilnius, Cathedral Square, Vilnius, Lithuania

Italy, Turin. Made of stone and located on a marble arch, aroud 300 years old. Fallen angel in the shape of a roaring lion, Europe

Ornamental relief portrait on the façade of Bruges City Hall 1376.

Stone fountain with face sculpture from which water flows, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Joined sun and moon faces in stone ornament, The Walled garden plant nursery, Benhall, Suffolk, England, UK

Dwarf figure in Zwerglgarten, Mirabell Gardens, Salzburg, Land Salzburg, Austria, Europe

Italy, Prima Porte (north of Rome), mask in home of Bernard Anson (Dado). (PR)

Wassi Art, Ocho Rios, Jamaica

Wooden mask hanging on a wall, carved, Alps, Ernen, Valais, Switzerland, Europe

Italy, Turin. Made of stone and located on a marble arch, aroud 300 years old. Fallen angel in the shape of a roaring lion, Europe

Sandskulpturen Ausstellung Prora, Ostseebad Binz, Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland *** Sand sculptures Exhibition Prora, Baltic seaside resort Binz, Rügen, Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Germany 1020927351

India, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, statues,

Löwenbrunnen coat of arms containing lion on a fountain in Weimar Thuringia

Ouagadougou, laongo park November 2015, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Loango Sculpture Park in showcases over 170 sculptures made by 18 sculptors of 13 countries. Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 8715745

Statues in the garden of Don Jose Garcia, known as the blind potter, at his pottery studio in San Antonino Castillo Velasco near Oaxaca, Mexico.

Side view of head of a Viking statue on waterfront of lake Winnipeg in Gimli, Manitoba, Canada under cloudy sky

Vietnam, Hai Duong, Stone carving of lion,

Troll Seattle WA.

Face, carving by hippies on a tree, Matala, Crete, Greece, Europe

Sphinx statue at Friedrichplatz, Mannheim, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Phat Quang Buddhist temple. Imperial guardian lion at entrance. Marble statue. Chau Doc. Vietnam.

Close-up of a sculpture, Orlando, Florida, USA

Exhibition, Ragged Antiquity, Wood Sculpture by Andreas Kuhnlein, Glyptothek, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Image taken with a Holga medium format 120 film toy camera stone lion sculpture outside building in village of Lucignano d´Asso, Tuscany, Italy, Europ...

Fountain of the 99 Spouts. L'Aquila. Abruzzo. Italy

Baroque sculpture of a child in a park in Trani, Southern Italy

Hauterives. Postman Ferdinad Cheval's Ideal Palace, naive art, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe

Scary Statue, Bali, Indonesia

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