Baptism and Theatrical Scenes

Photographs and sketches capturing scenes of baptism and performance, illustrating dramatic and historical narratives through art.

Lazio Rieti Borgo Velino S. Giovanni, Baptistery. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture (9th century), baptismal font. Post-medieval: Frescos (15th century) 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.
Lazio Rieti Borgo Velino S. Giovanni, Baptistery. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture (9th century), baptismal font. Post-medieval: Frescos (15th century) 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.