Instead of standing out in the middle of Piazza Pio II, this Pienza poster sits down at the café under the arch and lets the square open up — the cream Duomo warmed by the late sun, long shadows running across the travertine grid, a couple strolling in front of the doors. An original vintage-style travel poster of Pienza's cathedral square, drawn as a piece of Tuscany wall art you can walk into.
The design is drawn flat — the view opens through a vine-hung stone arch, past a café table with two black metal chairs, a potted olive tree and a terracotta planter of white flowers, across the geometric travertine-and-brick paving of the piazza to the cream Duomo facade with its three arched portals, round window and pediment, a slender spired bell tower to its left and a golden-ochre palazzo with paired arched windows to the right, a few strolling figures crossing the square, diners under a cream umbrella at the right, and green hills with cypresses glimpsed at the far left. PIENZA sits in large cream serif capitals in the blue sky above TUSCANY, ITALY set between two short rules, worked in golden ochre, travertine cream, sky blue, terracotta and olive green. Printed to order on heavyweight matte art paper with a smooth, uncoated surface that keeps those hard colour edges crisp and readable from across the room. No glare, no plastic sheen, no photograph: just paper and ink.
- Paper: 189 g/m2 (10.3 mil) heavyweight matte art stock — substantial enough to hang unframed without curling
- Finish: uncoated matte — no glare under lamps, windows or gallery lighting
- Opacity: 94%, so a wall colour or a second sheet behind it never shows through
- Brightness: 104% ISO — a bright white base that keeps the flat colour blocks saturated
- Origin: paper milled in Japan; every poster is printed to order, never warehoused
Size chart
| Poster size | Art panel (centred) | Works well |
|---|---|---|
| 12"" × 18"" | 12 × 15 in | desk shelves, small nooks, gallery-wall filler |
| 18"" × 24"" | 18 × 22.5 in | bedrooms, home offices, above a console or sofa |
| 24"" × 36"" | 24 × 30 in | living rooms, stairwells, a single statement wall |
The illustration is a 4:5 panel centred on the sheet with an even margin above and below, so it sits well in an off-the-shelf frame with or without a mat. Ships rolled in a protective tube, unframed.
Quick answers
Which size should I order? The 18″ × 24″ is the safe default for most walls. Take the 12″ × 18″ for a desk, a shelf or as part of a gallery cluster, and the 24″ × 36″ when the poster is meant to be the focal point of the room.
Does it come framed? No — it ships rolled and unframed in a protective tube. All three sizes are standard US frame sizes, so a shop-bought frame fits without a custom mat. A ready-to-hang framed version of this design is listed separately.
Is this a reprint of an old travel poster? No. It is an original illustration drawn in the mid-century travel-poster tradition — flat colour, clean edges, bold lettering — and a new composition made for RaZits. It is not a scan of a historic print.
What is the church in the picture? It is Pienza Cathedral, which stands on Piazza Pio II at the centre of the town in the Val d'Orcia, south-east of Siena. Pienza was rebuilt from about 1459 as an ideal Renaissance town by Pope Pius II, who was born there when it was the village of Corsignano, and its historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Pienza at golden hour, from a cafe seat under the arch.
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