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xiii, 162 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm |
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Note |
"Originally published in German as Die Sixtinische Kapelle, by Ulrich Pfisterer."--ECIP galley. |
Summary |
"The Sistine Chapel: Paradise in Rome is a scholarly yet accessible history of the Sistine Chapel. Through a study of the main campaigns to adorn the chapel, Ulrich Pfisterer argues that art transformed the chapel into a pathway to the kingdom of God, legitimizing the absolute authority of the popes"--Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Prologue at the door of heaven -- Paradise in contention: the "foremost chapel in the world" and Sixtus IV -- Triumphal gate and entrance hall to the city of God: Michelangelo's ceiling frescoes and Julius II -- Tabernacle, Solomon's temple, and the heavenly Jerusalem: Raphael's tapestries and Leo X -- The gate to eternity: Michelangelo's Last judgment, Clement VII, and Paul III -- Epilogue in purgatory: art history and the myth of the Sistine Chapel. |
Language |
Translated from the German. |
Subject |
Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)
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Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Vatican City.
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Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Vatican City.
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Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. (OCoLC)fst00064395
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Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City) (OCoLC)fst00721198
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Mural painting and decoration, Italian. (OCoLC)fst01029675
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Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance. (OCoLC)fst01029719
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Vatican City. (OCoLC)fst01208574
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Added Author |
Dollenmayer, David B., translator.
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Getty Research Institute, issuing body.
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ISBN |
9781606065532 |
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160606553X |
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