Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal - Building St. Peter's
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Author: R.A. Scotti
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 304
Out of the clash of genius and the caprice of popes was born Rome's most glorious monument. It was the splendour - and the scandal - of the age. 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, including 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. In this swift, colourful narrative, R.A. Scotti brings to life the artists and the popes, the politics and the passions behind this audacious enterprise. Gothic cathedrals reach up to heaven, but the basilica brings heaven to earth, and the new St. Peter's was the defining event of the high Renaissance. In the tradition of Brunelleschi's Dome, Scotti turns sacred architecture into a spellbinding human epic of enormous daring, petty jealousy and staggering genius.
Author: R.A. Scotti
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 304
Out of the clash of genius and the caprice of popes was born Rome's most glorious monument. It was the splendour - and the scandal - of the age. 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, including 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. In this swift, colourful narrative, R.A. Scotti brings to life the artists and the popes, the politics and the passions behind this audacious enterprise. Gothic cathedrals reach up to heaven, but the basilica brings heaven to earth, and the new St. Peter's was the defining event of the high Renaissance. In the tradition of Brunelleschi's Dome, Scotti turns sacred architecture into a spellbinding human epic of enormous daring, petty jealousy and staggering genius.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: R.A. Scotti
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 304
Out of the clash of genius and the caprice of popes was born Rome's most glorious monument. It was the splendour - and the scandal - of the age. 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, including 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. In this swift, colourful narrative, R.A. Scotti brings to life the artists and the popes, the politics and the passions behind this audacious enterprise. Gothic cathedrals reach up to heaven, but the basilica brings heaven to earth, and the new St. Peter's was the defining event of the high Renaissance. In the tradition of Brunelleschi's Dome, Scotti turns sacred architecture into a spellbinding human epic of enormous daring, petty jealousy and staggering genius.
Author: R.A. Scotti
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 304
Out of the clash of genius and the caprice of popes was born Rome's most glorious monument. It was the splendour - and the scandal - of the age. 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, including 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. In this swift, colourful narrative, R.A. Scotti brings to life the artists and the popes, the politics and the passions behind this audacious enterprise. Gothic cathedrals reach up to heaven, but the basilica brings heaven to earth, and the new St. Peter's was the defining event of the high Renaissance. In the tradition of Brunelleschi's Dome, Scotti turns sacred architecture into a spellbinding human epic of enormous daring, petty jealousy and staggering genius.
Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal - Building St. Peter's
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