Bibliograph

The Sistine Chapel, paradise in Rome, Ulrich Pfisterer ; translated by David Dollenmayer

Type

Label

The Sistine Chapel, paradise in Rome, Ulrich Pfisterer ; translated by David Dollenmayer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Sistine Chapel

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1005684539

Responsibility statement

Ulrich Pfisterer ; translated by David Dollenmayer

Sub title

paradise in Rome

Summary

"The Sistine Chapel: Paradise in Rome is a scholarly yet accessible history of the Sistine Chapel. Through a study of the main campaigns to adorn the chapel, Ulrich Pfisterer argues that art transformed the chapel into a pathway to the kingdom of God, legitimizing the absolute authority of the popes"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prologue at the door of heaven -- Paradise in contention: the "foremost chapel in the world" and Sixtus IV -- Triumphal gate and entrance hall to the city of God: Michelangelo's ceiling frescoes and Julius II -- Tabernacle, Solomon's temple, and the heavenly Jerusalem: Raphael's tapestries and Leo X -- The gate to eternity: Michelangelo's Last judgment, Clement VII, and Paul III -- Epilogue in purgatory: art history and the myth of the Sistine Chapel

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