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Author:
Scotti, R. A.
Title:
Basilica : the splendor and the scandal : building St. Peter's / R.A. Scotti.
Publisher:
Viking,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
xx, 299 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano--History.
Vatican City--History.
Vatican City--Buildings, structures, etc.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-284) and index.
Contents:
The Christian Caesar 1503-1513 -- The first stone, April 1506 -- The First St. Peter's -- IlTerribilis -- A Trojan horse -- A surprise winner -- Imperial dimensions -- Vaulting ambition -- Onward Christian soldiers -- A Christian imperium -- A viper's nest -- The death of Julius -- The deplorable Medici Popes 1513-1534 -- The first Medici Prince -- An empty stage -- A Roman candle -- The revenge of the Sangallos -- Salvation for sale -- Sweet revenge -- A brief moment of truth -- Medici Redux -- The Michelangelo imperative 1546-1626 -- A violent awakening -- Julius's folly -- Motu Proprio -- An immovable object -- The swineherd who built Rome -- Raising the dome -- A new century -- The knaves of St. Peter's 1,300 years later -- Bernini's grand illusions 1623-1667 -- The romance of the baroque -- Full circle -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: The Popes from Nicholas V to Alexander VII -- Appendix II: Statistics.
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.
ISBN:

9780670037766
0670037761
LCCN:
2005058464
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)
ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)
N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)
MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)
O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)
WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)
WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)
GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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