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Author : Allen Duston,Roberto Zagnoli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113963198
Author : Fr. Jeffrey Kirby
Publisher : Saint Benedict Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781618907011
What do you really know about Vatican City? The Vatican, comprising the Apostolic Palace, St. Peter’s Basilica, and various other buildings, serves as the headquarters of the Catholic Church. It has done so for nearly two millennium -- ever since the first Pope, St. Peter, made it his home. Thousands of Catholics flock to the Vatican and its iconic basilica each year. Even if you haven’t visited you’ve likely watched with bated breath for smoke to rise from behind the cupola during the election of a new pope, or have laid eyes on the new pontiff when he emerged from the balcony for the first time. But what do you really know about this great basilica and the city that houses it? Here, Father Jeffrey Kirby takes you on a whirlwind tour of this little country (yes, Vatican City is its own country, Fact # 2) and uncovers the secrets and surprising facts about the city, and its famous church.
Author : William Tronzo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0521640962
This volume presents an overview of St. Peter's history from the late antique period to the twentieth century.
Author : George L. Hersey
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1993-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780226327822
Michelangelo, Raphael, Bramante—together these artists created some of the most glorious treasures of the Vatican, viewed daily by thousands of tourists. But how many visitors understand the way these artworks reflect the passions, dreams, and struggles of the popes who commissioned them? For anyone making an artistic pilgrimage to the High Renaissance splendors of the Vatican, George L. Hersey's book is the ideal guide. Before starting the tour of individual works, Hersey describes how the treacherously shifting political and religious alliances of sixteenth-century Italy, France, and Spain played themselves out in the Eternal City. He offers vivid accounts of the lives and personalities of four popes, each a great patron of art and architecture: Julius II, Leo X, Clement VII, and Paul III. He also tells of the complicated rebuilding and expanding of St. Peter's, a project in which Bramante, Raphael, and Michelangelo all took part. Having set the historical scene, Hersey then explores the Vatican's magnificent Renaissance art and architecture. In separate chapters, organized spatially, he leads the reader through the Cortile del Belvedere and Vatican Museums, with their impressive holdings of statuary and paintings; the richly decorated Stanze and Logge of Raphael; and Michelangelo's Last Judgment and newly cleaned Sistine Chapel ceiling. A fascinating final chapter entitled "The Tragedy of the Tomb" recounts the vicissitudes of Michelangelo's projected funeral monument to Julius II. Hersey is never content to simply identify the subject of a painting or sculpture. He gives us the story behind the works, telling us what their particular themes signified at the time for the artist, the papacy, and the Church. He also indicates how the art was received by contemporaries and viewed by later generations. Generously illustrated and complete with a useful chronology, High Renaissance Art in St. Peter's and the Vatican is a valuable reference for any traveler to Rome or lover of Italian art who has yearned for a single-volume work more informative and stimulating than ordinary guidebooks. At the same time, Hersey's many anecdotes and intriguing comparisons with works outside the Vatican will provide new insights even for specialists.
Author : Augustin McNally
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105042890686
Author : Paul Letarouilly
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568988753
French architect Paul Letarouilly (1795-1855), author of the masterpiece Edifices de Rome Moderne, was unequaled in his observational ability and impeccable drawing skills. He devoted many years of his life living in austerity and refusing paying commissions to compile and draw the intricate details and decorative elements of the most breathtaking buildings in Italy's Vatican City, including St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, the Pontifical Palace, the Museo Pio Clementino, and the Villa Pia. Published in 1882, after his death, Vatican served as an unparalleled sourcebook of everything from plans, elevations, interior room views, and perspective drawings to mosaics, wall panels, door frames, fountains, towers, domes, cornices, and moldings. Prior to the books original publication, these details were not easily replicated in other parts of the world. Vatican gave access to rigorous documentation of the work of some of the most significant Renaissance architects Michelangelo, Bernini, Bramante, Sangallo, and Peruzzi and is now often credited as one of the primary catalysts for the American Renaissance style, the results of which can be seen in any capital city in America. The precision and attention to detail that Letarouilly demanded of his engravers advanced the art of etching in the nineteenth century. Exquisite rendering techniques and precise execution make this book as beautiful as it is useful. Originally published in three volumes, Vatican is presented as a single facsimile edition in our Classic Reprints series and includes a new foreword by architectural historian Ingrid Rowland. Published in association with the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America.
Author : James Lees-Milne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Basilicas (Roman architecture)
ISBN : UOM:39015008641386
Author : Rosamond McKitterick,John Osborne,Carol M. Richardson,Joanna Story
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781107041646
Provides the first full study of the predecessor church of St Peter's Basilica in Rome, from late antique construction to Renaissance destruction.
Author : Margherita Guarducci
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : UCAL:B3950746
The new discoveries in the sacred grottoes of the Vatican supplying evidence proving Peter is buried beneath what is now the Basilica of Saint Peter.
Author : Lex Bosman
Publisher : Uitgeverij Verloren
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Antiquities
ISBN : 9065508236
Author : Thomas Pope (canon of Castleknock.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600020927
Author : iMinds
Publisher : iMinds Pty Ltd
Page : 5 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781921798221
Learn about the history of St Peter's Basilica in Rome with iMinds Travel's insightful fast knowledge series. The dome of St Peter's Basilica is one of the most iconic images of Rome. The church attached to it drips with the splendour and marvels of a religion that has asserted world dominance over its two-thousand-year history. It is the largest Christian church on the planet. But perhaps even more than a beacon of Catholicism, St Peter's Basilica is a monument to artistry and culture. St Peter's Basilica is situated in the Vatican City on one of the seven hills upon which the city of Rome was built. Rome's affiliation with the saint comes from the Catholic tradition of Peter being the first bishop of Rome. The bishop of Rome heads the Catholic Church globally, and is also known as the pope. To this day the pope resides in this historic city, in the Vatican Palace next door. Before Christianity swept through the Roman Empire as the dominant religion, its followers were persecuted. And St Peter himself suffered the fate of a martyr. As the story goes, Peter was killed for his Christian faith in the same way Jesus died: that is, death by crucifixion. Humbly, he felt unworthy to face the same death as his lord, so he asked to be crucified upside down. This final request was granted, and Peter died on Vatican Hill allegedly in a stadium built by the Roman Emperor Nero. Peter was called the rock on which Jesus would build his church. Early Christians took this literally and built a shrine over the grave. iMinds will tell you the story behind the place with its innovative travel series, transporting the armchair traveller or getting you in the mood for discover on route to your destination. iMinds brings targeted knowledge to your eReading device with short information segments to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind.
Author : Jeffrey Kirby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1618906879
What do you really know about Vatican City? The Vatican, comprising the Apostolic Palace, St. Peter's Basilica, and various other buildings, serves as the headquarters of the Catholic Church. It has done so for nearly two millennium -- ever since the first Pope, St. Peter, made it his home. Thousands of Catholics flock to the Vatican and its iconic basilica each year. Even if you haven't visited you've likely watched with bated breath for smoke to rise from behind the cupola during the election of a new pope, or have laid eyes on the new pontiff when he emerged from the balcony for the first time. But what do you really know about this great basilica and the city that houses it? Here, Father Jeffrey Kirby takes you on a whirlwind tour of this little country (yes, Vatican City is its own country, Fact # 2) and uncovers the secrets and surprising facts about the city, and its famous church. Discover what language degree you need to work a Vatican ATM, what architectural feature of St. Peter's is a map of the universe, and even what the pope's license plate number is. Along the way, you'll find the deep theological meaning woven into the design and architectural features of St. Peter's Basilica and Vatican. Whether you've already been to Rome or are still planning your first trip, 101 Surprising Facts About the Vatican will transport you to Basilica and City at the heart of the Catholic Church -- and enable you to appreciate them like never before.
Author : R. A. Scotti
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101157817
In this dramatic journey through religious and artistic history, R. A. Scotti traces the defining event of a glorious epoch: the building of St. Peter's Basilica. Begun by the ferociously ambitious Pope Julius II in 1506, the endeavor would span two tumultuous centuries, challenge the greatest Renaissance masters—Michelangelo, Raphael, and Bramante—and enrage Martin Luther. By the time it was completed, Shakespeare had written all of his plays, the Mayflower had reached Plymouth—and Rome had risen with its astounding basilica to become Europe's holy metropolis. A dazzling portrait of human achievement and excess, Basilica is a triumph of historical writing.
Author : Paul Letarouilly
Publisher : Transatlantic Arts
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1966-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0854587640
