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High Renaissance Art in St. Peter's and the Vatican: An Interpretive Guide
George L. Hersey
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Description for High Renaissance Art in St. Peter's and the Vatican: An Interpretive Guide
paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 202 halftones, 33 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSV; ACK; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226327822
SKU
V9780226327822
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