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Basilica - Rita Angelica Scotti

Basilica

The Splendour and the Scandal Building St Peter's
Buch | Hardcover
320 Seiten
2007 | Main
Souvenir Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-285-63785-6 (ISBN)
CHF 34,90 inkl. MwSt
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St Peter's Basilica was, initially, an act of desecration. In 1506, pope Julius II destroyed the original St Peter's that had been built by the emperor Constantine, the most sacred shrine in Europe. He then laid the foundations for his new Basilica.
It took two tumultuous centuries to build and it would split the Christian church as its expense and scandal provoked Martin Luther to post his Ninety-five Theses.
Fully illustrated with the original plans of the Basilica and portraits of those who built it, R.A. Scotti's wryly colourful prose describes the unbridled decadence, religious intrigues and artistic ambition that went into its construction. In Basilica, she introduces the popes (among them a swineherd, a bastard, a pair of Medici princes, two poets and a soldier), artists and architects who built Rome's fountains, palaces and piazzas.
Entertaining and fascinating, Scotti describes the complexities and contradictions of the world's greatest building. In R.A. Scotti's capable hands, the story of St Peter's becomes a riveting portrait of the papacy, complete with its triumphs, intrigue and excesses.
No matter how often you have visited Rome and St Peter's, R.A. Scotti will give a new appreciation of its grandeur.
Erscheint lt. Verlag 9.4.2007
Zusatzinfo 16 pp black & white illustrations
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 220 mm
Gewicht 540 g
Themenwelt Bildbände Europa Italien
Technik Architektur
ISBN-10 0-285-63785-1 / 0285637851
ISBN-13 978-0-285-63785-6 / 9780285637856
Zustand Neuware
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