Lazio Roma Rome Scala Santa. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, painting, fresco. Object Notes: Location near S. Giovanni in Laterno, it is also known as "Sancta Sanctorum". Staircase was carried to Rome by Saint Helen, mother of Constantine. 28 steps, which are climbed up by pilgrims on their knees. 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


Lazio Roma Rome Scala Santa. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, painting, fresco. Object Notes: Location near S. Giovanni in Laterno, it is also known as "Sancta Sanctorum". Staircase was carried to Rome by Saint Helen, mother of Constantine. 28 steps, which are climbed up by pilgrims on their knees. 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.


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