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The Sistine Chapel : paradise in Rome

Title
  1. The Sistine Chapel : paradise in Rome / Ulrich Pfisterer ; translated by David Dollenmayer.
Published by
  1. Los Angeles : Getty Research Institute, [2018]
  2. ©2018
Author
  1. Pfisterer, Ulrich, 1968-

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Additional authors
  1. Dollenmayer, David B.
  2. Getty Research Institute, issuing body.
Description
  1. xiii, 162 pages : illustrations (some color); 20 cm
Summary
  1. "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.
Uniform title
  1. Sixtinische Kapelle. English
Alternative title
  1. Sixtinische Kapelle.
Subject
  1. Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance
  2. Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
  3. Criticism, interpretation, etc
  4. Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)
  5. Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance > Vatican City
  6. Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 > Criticism and interpretation
  7. ARCHITECTURE / Religious Buildings
  8. Vatican City
  9. Mural painting and decoration, Italian > Vatican City
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
  1. 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.
Call number
  1. JQC 18-134
Note
  1. "Originally published in German as Die Sixtinische Kapelle, by Ulrich Pfisterer."--ECIP galley.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  1. Translated from the German.
Author
  1. Pfisterer, Ulrich, 1968- author.
Title
  1. The Sistine Chapel : paradise in Rome / Ulrich Pfisterer ; translated by David Dollenmayer.
Publisher
  1. Los Angeles : Getty Research Institute, [2018]
Copyright date
  1. ©2018
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language
  1. Translated from the German.
Added author
  1. Dollenmayer, David B., translator.
  2. Getty Research Institute, issuing body.
Translation of:
  1. Translation of: Pfisterer, Ulrich, 1968- Sixtinische Kapelle. Originalausgabe. München : Verlag C.H. Beck, 2013 9783406638190 (OCoLC)843864938
LCCN
  1. 2017056250
ISBN
  1. 9781606065532
  2. 160606553X
Research call number
  1. JQC 18-134
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