Basilica : the splendor and the scandal - building St. Peter's

Basilica : the splendor and the scandal - building St. Peter's / by R.A. Scotti.

It was the splendor--and the scandal--of the age, the defining event of the high Renaissance. In 1506, the ferociously ambitious Renaissance Pope Julius II tore down the most sacred shrine in Europe--the millennium-old St. Peter's Basilica built by the Emperor Constantine over the apostle'...

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Main Author: Scotti, R. A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Plume, c2006.
Subjects:
Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano > History.
Vatican City > History.
Vatican City > Buildings, structures, etc.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Summary:It was the splendor--and the scandal--of the age, the defining event of the high Renaissance. In 1506, the ferociously ambitious Renaissance Pope Julius II tore down the most sacred shrine in Europe--the millennium-old St. Peter's Basilica built by the Emperor Constantine over the apostle's grave--to build a better basilica. Construction of the new St. Peter's spanned two centuries, embroiled 27 popes, and consumed the genius of the greatest artists of the age--Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael, and Bernini. As the basilica rose, modern Rome rose with it, as glorious as the city of the Caesars. But the cost was unimaginable: the new basilica provoked the Protestant Reformation, dividing the Christian world for all time.--From publisher description.
Item Description:"First Plume printing, June 2007."
Originally published: New York: Viking, 2006.
Physical Description:xx, 315 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-300) and index.
ISBN:9780452288607 (pbk.)
0452288606 (pbk.)

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