The Sistine Chapel : history of a masterpiece
Forcellino, Antonio2024
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The Sistine Chapel is one of the world's most magnificent buildings, and the frescos that decorate its ceiling and walls are a testimony to the creative genius of the Renaissance. Two generations of artists worked at the heart of Christianity, over the course of several decades in the 15th and 16th centuries, to produce this extraordinary achievement of Western civilization. In this book, the art historian and restorer Antonio Forcellino tells the remarkable story of the Sistine Chapel, bringing his unique combination of knowledge and skills to bear on the conditions that led to its creation.
Main title:
The Sistine Chapel : history of a masterpiece / Antonio Forcellino ; translated by Lucinda Byatt.
Author:
Forcellino, Antonio, authorByatt, Lucinda, translator
Imprint:
Cambridge : Polity Press, 2024.
Collation:
304 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Italian.This translation originally published: 2022.
ISBN:
9781509565450 (pbk)
Dewey class:
759.5
LC class:
ND623
Local class:
759.5
Language:
EnglishItalian
Subject:
BRN:
4020796