Jerusalem on the Hill. Rome and the Vision of Saint Peter's Basilica in the Renaissance English - Couverture rigide

Tanner, Ms Marie

 
9781905375493: Jerusalem on the Hill. Rome and the Vision of Saint Peter's Basilica in the Renaissance English
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1905375492 ISBN 13 : 9781905375493
Editeur : Harvey Miller Publishers, 2011

Synopsis

This author analyzes the Renaissance rebuilding of Saint Peter's basilica as a mirror of the political fortunes of the papacy. The project to revitalize the basilica as the center of a resurgent Church proceeded in step with the goal to reassert papal authority across the Italian peninsula, and to extend that authority to the Eastern Mediterranean by mounting a crusade to recover the Holy Land.By embedding references to the Holy Land in the fabric of the new basilica, the architecture itself became the expressive voice of the papacy's political agenda.Peter's tomb provided the fulcrum of a program to transform the basilica, and all of Rome, into a new Jerusalem.As introduced by Nicholas V (1447-1455) and refined by Julius II (1503-1513), these ideas were translated into physical form by Donato Bramante.Drawing inspiration from innovations developed elsewhere in Italy, and with heightened sensitivity for the expressive power of ancient and medieval architecture, he forged a new vocabulary that would transform the entire subsequent history of the built environment.This book is about how that process of transformation was rooted in papal ideology.

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Éditeur
Harvey Miller Publishers
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1905375492
ISBN 13 
9781905375493
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
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