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Author : Rosamond McKitterick
Release : 2013-11-07
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 643/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Old Saint Peter's, Rome by : Rosamond McKitterick
Download or read book Old Saint Peter's, Rome written by Rosamond McKitterick. This book was released on 2013-11-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the first full study of the predecessor church of St Peter's Basilica in Rome, from late antique construction to Renaissance destruction.
Author : Maffeo Vegio
Release : 2019-06-20
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 858/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Eyewitness to Old St Peter's by : Maffeo Vegio
Download or read book Eyewitness to Old St Peter's written by Maffeo Vegio. This book was released on 2019-06-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old St Peter's Basilica in Rome stood for over eleven centuries until it was demolished to make room for today's church on the same Vatican site. Its last eyewitness, Maffeo Vegio, explained to the Roman hierarchy how revival of the papacy, whose prestige after the exile to Avignon had been diminished, was inseparable from a renewed awareness of the primacy of Peter's Church. To make his case, Vegio wrote a history founded on credible written and visual evidence. The text guides us through the building's true story in its material reality, undistorted by medieval guides. This was its living memory and a visualization of the continuity of Roman history into modern times. This volume makes available the first complete English translation of Vegio's text. Accompanied by full-color digital reconstructions of the Basilica as it appeared in Vegio's day.
Author : Lex Bosman
Release : 2004
Genre : Antiquities
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Book Rating : 232/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Power of Tradition by : Lex Bosman
Download or read book The Power of Tradition written by Lex Bosman. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Letarouilly
Release : 2010
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 757/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Vatican and Saint Peter's Basilica of Rome by : Paul Letarouilly
Download or read book The Vatican and Saint Peter's Basilica of Rome written by Paul Letarouilly. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: French architect Paul Letarouilly (1795-1855), author of the masterpiece Edifices de Rome Moderne, was unequaled in his observational ability and impeccable drawing skills. He devoted many years of his life living in austerity and refusing paying commissions to compile and draw the intricate details and decorative elements of the most breathtaking buildings in Italy's Vatican City, including St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, the Pontifical Palace, the Museo Pio Clementino, and the Villa Pia. Published in 1882, after his death, Vatican served as an unparalleled sourcebook of everything from plans, elevations, interior room views, and perspective drawings to mosaics, wall panels, door frames, fountains, towers, domes, cornices, and moldings. Prior to the books original publication, these details were not easily replicated in other parts of the world. Vatican gave access to rigorous documentation of the work of some of the most significant Renaissance architects Michelangelo, Bernini, Bramante, Sangallo, and Peruzzi and is now often credited as one of the primary catalysts for the American Renaissance style, the results of which can be seen in any capital city in America. The precision and attention to detail that Letarouilly demanded of his engravers advanced the art of etching in the nineteenth century. Exquisite rendering techniques and precise execution make this book as beautiful as it is useful. Originally published in three volumes, Vatican is presented as a single facsimile edition in our Classic Reprints series and includes a new foreword by architectural historian Ingrid Rowland. Published in association with the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America.
Author : John Osborne
Release : 2014-05-14
Genre : Church architecture
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Book Rating : 124/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Old Saint Peter's, Rome by : John Osborne
Download or read book Old Saint Peter's, Rome written by John Osborne. This book was released on 2014-05-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First full study of the predecessor church of St Peter's Basilica in Rome, from late antique construction to Renaissance destruction.
