Basilica: The Splendor And the Scandal : building St. Peter's - Couverture rigide

Scotti, R.A.

 
9780670037766: Basilica: The Splendor And the Scandal : building St. Peter's
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ISBN 10 : 0670037761 ISBN 13 : 9780670037766
Editeur : Viking Press Inc, 2006

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Revue de presse

[Scotti] . . . appreciates the epic quest and querulousness and leaves us wondering how anything of any merit ever gets designed, built, consecrated and celebrated. (The Providence Journal-Bulletin)

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Éditeur
Viking Press Inc
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0670037761
ISBN 13 
9780670037766
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780452288607: Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's

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ISBN 10 :  0452288606 ISBN 13 :  9780452288607
Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 2007
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