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High Renaissance Art in St Peter s and the Vatican
Author | : George L. Hersey |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1993-07 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780226327822 |
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Michelangelo, Raphael, Bramante—together these artists created some of the most glorious treasures of the Vatican, viewed daily by thousands of tourists. But how many visitors understand the way these artworks reflect the passions, dreams, and struggles of the popes who commissioned them? For anyone making an artistic pilgrimage to the High Renaissance splendors of the Vatican, George L. Hersey's book is the ideal guide. Before starting the tour of individual works, Hersey describes how the treacherously shifting political and religious alliances of sixteenth-century Italy, France, and Spain played themselves out in the Eternal City. He offers vivid accounts of the lives and personalities of four popes, each a great patron of art and architecture: Julius II, Leo X, Clement VII, and Paul III. He also tells of the complicated rebuilding and expanding of St. Peter's, a project in which Bramante, Raphael, and Michelangelo all took part. Having set the historical scene, Hersey then explores the Vatican's magnificent Renaissance art and architecture. In separate chapters, organized spatially, he leads the reader through the Cortile del Belvedere and Vatican Museums, with their impressive holdings of statuary and paintings; the richly decorated Stanze and Logge of Raphael; and Michelangelo's Last Judgment and newly cleaned Sistine Chapel ceiling. A fascinating final chapter entitled "The Tragedy of the Tomb" recounts the vicissitudes of Michelangelo's projected funeral monument to Julius II. Hersey is never content to simply identify the subject of a painting or sculpture. He gives us the story behind the works, telling us what their particular themes signified at the time for the artist, the papacy, and the Church. He also indicates how the art was received by contemporaries and viewed by later generations. Generously illustrated and complete with a useful chronology, High Renaissance Art in St. Peter's and the Vatican is a valuable reference for any traveler to Rome or lover of Italian art who has yearned for a single-volume work more informative and stimulating than ordinary guidebooks. At the same time, Hersey's many anecdotes and intriguing comparisons with works outside the Vatican will provide new insights even for specialists.
Rethinking the High Renaissance
Author | : Jill Burke |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2017-07-05 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781351551113 |
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The perception that the early sixteenth century saw a culmination of the Renaissance classical revival - only to degrade into mannerism shortly after Raphael's death in 1520 - has been extremely tenacious; but many scholars agree that this tidy narrative is deeply problematic. Exploring how we can reconceptualize the High Renaissance in a way that reflects how we research and teach today, this volume complicates and deepens our understanding of artistic change. Focusing on Rome, the paradigmatic centre of the High Renaissance narrative, each essay presents a case study of a particular aspect of the culture of the city in the early sixteenth century, including new analyses of Raphael's stanze, Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling and the architectural designs of Bramante. The contributors question notions of periodization, reconsider the Renaissance relationship with classical antiquity, and ultimately reconfigure our understanding of 'high Renaissance style'.
Basilica
Author | : R. A. Scotti |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2007-05-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781101157817 |
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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.
Jerusalem on the Hill
Author | : Marie Tanner |
Publsiher | : Harvey Miller |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Architecture, Renaissance |
ISBN | : 1905375492 |
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The contents of this book cover the Terme and the Temple of Peace, the Noah legend and the Papacy, Titus in ancient and Christian history, spoils at Saint Peter's, Nicholas V and the Papal galaxy, and much more.
St Peter s in the Vatican
Author | : William Tronzo |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2005-08-29 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0521640962 |
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This volume presents an overview of St. Peter's history from the late antique period to the twentieth century.
Encyclopedia of Catholicism
Author | : Frank K. Flinn |
Publsiher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 705 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780816075652 |
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"Covers the key people, movements, institutions, practices, and doctrines of Roman Catholicism from its earliest origins."--Résumé de l'éditeur.
Renaissance Art
Author | : Tom Nichols |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2012-12-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781780741789 |
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The fifteenth century saw the evolution of a distinct and powerfully influential European artistic culture. But what does the familiar phrase Renaissance Art actually refer to? Through engaging discussion of timeless works by artists such as Jan van Eyck, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo, and supported by illustrations including colour plates, Tom Nichols offers a masterpiece of his own as he explores the truly original and diverse character of the art of the Renaissance.
Detroit and Rome
Author | : Michele V. Ronnick,Marlise Beaudoen |
Publsiher | : The Regents of the Univ of Michigan |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780933691094 |
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A comparative study of urban form and the reuse of buildings in modern Detroit and Rome (Italy). This exhibition catalog includes 3 U scholarly essays and 25 catalog entries describing the Usage history of buildings in Detroit & Rome.