Through Ravenna

Basilica of San Vitale and the National Museum of Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Basilica of San Vitale and the National Museum of Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Neonian Baptistery, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Neonian Baptistery, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Fragment of a maiolica plate, second half of the 15th century. Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Fragment of a maiolica plate, second half of the 15th century. Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Flooded crypt of the Basilica di San Francesco, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Flooded crypt of the Basilica di San Francesco, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Sixth century Byzantine mosaics in Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna. The mosaic medallions along the central arch depict Jesus, the Twelve Apostles, and the two sainted sons of Saint Vitale, Gervasius and Protasius. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Sixth century Byzantine mosaics in Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna. The mosaic medallions along the central arch depict Jesus, the Twelve Apostles, and the two sainted sons of Saint Vitale, Gervasius and Protasius. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Portico in the Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Portico in the Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Goldfish in the flooded crypt of the Basilica di San Francesco, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Goldfish in the flooded crypt of the Basilica di San Francesco, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Mosaics in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Mosaics in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ravenna National Museum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Campanile of San Vitale, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Campanile of San Vitale, Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza, Part 3

Agostino Fasolato’s marble sculpture The Fall of the Rebel Angels (c. 1750) flanked by Cracking Art meerkats. Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Agostino Fasolato’s marble sculpture The Fall of the Rebel Angels (c. 1750) flanked by Cracking Art meerkats. Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Gallery of Greek vessels in Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Gallery of Greek vessels in Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Sculptural reliefs in the courtyard of Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Sculptural reliefs in the courtyard of Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Loggetta of Zephyrus and Chloris, Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Frescoes of Zephyrus and nymph (?) by Giuseppe Alberti, stucco from the circle of Girolamo Aliprandi, both made in 1688. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Loggetta of Zephyrus and Chloris, Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Frescoes of Zephyrus and nymph (?) by Giuseppe Alberti, stucco from the circle of Girolamo Aliprandi, both made in 1688. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Feathered helm and gorget over an exterior doorway of the Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Feathered helm and gorget over an exterior doorway of the Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

The ornate Loggia d’Ercole punctuated by Cracking Art’s hot pink wolves. Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

The ornate Loggia d’Ercole punctuated by Cracking Art’s hot pink wolves. Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

All photos from 2018. For more information on the palazzo and the BarocCracking exhibition, see Part 1 of this series, or check out the Galleria d’Italia and Cracking Art websites.