Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: San Marco

Accession Number: 
163721
Order Title: 
Archivision Addition Module THREE--6,160 images
Type of View: 
partialView
View Title: 
Horses of St. Mark, side view
Date of View: 
5/18/1996
Image description: 
These are replicas of the original gilded bronze horses. Originally part of a Greek or Roman quadriga, from Constantinople.
Image Rights: 
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution: 
Archivision, Inc.
Collection: 
Addition Module THREE
Culture: 
Italian
Work Types: 
Architecture; religious structures; churches; cathedrals
Work Types: 
buildings; basilicas
Preferred Title: 
San Marco
Agent Display: 
Unknown (Italian)
Date: 
begun ca. 1063 (creation)
Materials: 
brick with marble facing
Technique: 
construction (assembling)
Measurement: 
28.5 m (height, central dome)
Alternate Title: 
Saint Mark's Basilica
Alternate Title: 
Basilica di San Marco a Venezia
Locations: 
Venice, Veneto, Italy
Location Type: 
(site)
Style/Period: 
Italo-Byzantine
Classification: 
Architecture