| Description |
xx, 299 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports., plans ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-284) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano -- History.
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Vatican City -- History.
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Vatican City -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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| ISBN |
0670037761 |
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9780670037761 |
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9780670037766 : 52595 |
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