High Renaissance Art in St. Peter's and the Vatican: An Interpretive Guide

by George L. Hersey

Book Overview

Michelangelo, Raphael, Bramante--together these artists created some of the most glorious treasures of the Vatican, viewed daily by thousands of tourists. But how many visitors understand the way these artworks reflect the passions, dreams, and struggles of the popes who commissioned them? For anyone making an artistic pilgrimage to the High Renaissance splendors of the Vatican, George L. Hersey's book is the ideal guide.

Before starting the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226327825
• ISBN13: 9780226327822
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

beautiful book

It is a very useful guide to the vatican palace and to st peter. It is centered in a very particular period. The tremendous richess of ancient art in the palace is completelly absent.