A volume dedicated to the history of the new Vatican Picture Gallery, conceived at the behest of Pope Pius XI and inaugurated in 1932 in a structure specially built in order to definitively house the painting collection. The Picture Gallery, which is in continual expansion due to bequests and acquisitions, gathers together in eighteen chronologically arranged rooms the masterpieces of some of the greatest European painters from the Medieval period to the nineteenth century.

Guide to the Masterpieces of the Vatican Picture Gallery: English Language Edition

Furlotti, Barbara

Arts & Photography

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This compact illustrated guide book summarizes clearly the most important historical and artistic characteristics of the Vatican City. An overview of the major works in St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, Raphael's Stanze, the Vatican Museums and Gardens.Esta pequeña guía ilustrada libro resume claramente el más importante centro histórico y características artísticas de la ciudad del vaticano. un resumen de las principales obras en la basílica de san pedro, la capilla sixtina de rafael stanze, los museos del Vaticano y a los jardines.

A View of the Vatican: Spanish Language Edition

Travel

Carla Cecilia

Europe

This richly illustrated book contains memorable information about Vatican City's history, architecture and art works through pictures and extensive historical documentation written in a clear and concise format. Highlights included are the Vatican Museums, the Library, the Papal Palaces and St. Peter's Basilica. Este libro ricamente ilustrado contiene información memorables de la historia, la arquitectura y las obras de arte de la Ciudad del Vaticano a través de imágenes y una amplia documentación histórica escrita en un formato claro y conciso. Destacados incluidos son los Museos Vaticanos, la Biblioteca, los palacios pontificios y de la Basílica de San Pedro.

Vatican City: Spanish Language Edition

Pomella, Andrea

The Sistine Chapel: Italian Language Edition

Paolucci, Antonio

Almost twenty thousand people a day visit the Sistine Chapel - people of all origins, languages, cultures and religions. The Sistine Chapel is the irresistible attraction, the object of desire of international museum-goers. The Sistine Chapel, however, though part of a museum visit, is not a museum itself. As a consecrated chapel it defines a unique religious space. Moreover the Chapel truly defines the identity of the Roman Catholic Church. Thus writes Antonio Paolucci, Art Historian and Director of the Vatican Museums, in the opening lines of his book. This book is an essential tool in helping visitors to understand the reasons which, between the fifteenth and the sixteenth century, led to the creation of the Sistine Chapel, "the greatest representation of human art and spirituality". It aspires to enable visitors to understand the extraordinary theological design which governs the space, as well as helping them to appreciate the different styles and artists (Michelangelo, Botticelli, Perugino, Ghirlandaio and Signorelli) who gave form to the message.

The Sistine Chapel: English Language Edition

"Almost twenty thousand people a day visit the Sistine Chapel - people of all origins, languages, cultures and religions. The Sistine Chapel is the irresistible attraction, the object of desire of international museum-goers. The Sistine Chapel, however, though part of a museum visit, is not a museum itself. As a consecrated chapel it defines a unique religious space. Moreover the Chapel truly defines the identity of the Roman Catholic Church. "Thus writes Antonio Paolucci, Art Historian and Director of the Vatican Museums, in the opening lines of his book. This book is an essential tool in helping visitors to understand the reasons which, between the fifteenth and the sixteenth century, led to the creation of the Sistine Chapel, "the greatest representation of human art and spirituality."It aspires to enable visitors to understand the extraordinary theological design which governs the space, as well as helping them to appreciate the different styles and artists (Michelangelo, Botticelli, Perugino, Ghirlandaio and Signorelli) who gave form to the message." Casi veinte mil personas al dia visita la Capilla Sixtina, la gente de todos los origenes, lenguas, culturas y religiones. la Capilla Sixtina es la atraccion irresistible, el objeto del deseo de museo internacional de los asistentes. La Capilla Sixtina, sin embargo, aunque parte de una visita al museo, no es un museo, una capilla consagrada que define un unico espacio religioso, por otra parte, la capilla realmente define la identidad de la iglesia Catolica Romana."Por lo tanto, escribe Antonio Paolucci, historiador del arte y director de los Museos Vaticanos, en las primeras lineas de su libro. Este libro es una herramienta esencial en la tarea de ayudar a los visitantes a comprender las razones por las que, entre el siglo xv y el siglo xvi, llevaron a la creacion de la Capilla Sixtina, "la mayor representacion de arte humano y espiritualidad."Aspira que permiten comprender el extraordinario diseno teologico que rige el espacio, asi como ayudarles a apreciar los diferentes estilos y artistas (Michelangelo, Botticelli, Perugino, Ghirlandaio y Signorelli) que dieron forma al mensaje."

The Sistine Chapel: Spanish Language Edition

The decoration of the rooms was painted by Raphael - and after his death, completed by his students - in the years between 1508 and 1524. The work marked the beginning of the Roman dell'Urbinate , which replaced artists much older than he and consolidated prestige , like his master Perugino.The first task that involved the Room of the Signatura, originally conceived as a personal library of the Pope. In the frescoes here, Raphael aims to illustrate the three most important categories of the human spirit, according to the Platonic vision: The True, the Good and the Beautiful. The true supernatural is illustrated by the Dispute of the Blessed Sacrament, the rational from the School of Athens, in a modern mirror between Sacred and Profane. Good is expressed in the representations of the Virtues and the Law while the Fair is evoked in Parnassus.More political ideal lies at the base of the second compartment frescoed by Raphael, the Stanza of Heliodorus.  In it the author emphasizes through four distinct episodes (the Expulsion of Heliodorus , the Liberation of St. Peter from prison , the Meeting of St. Leo the Great with Attila and the Mass of Bolsena) the protection and the help that God has always guaranteed to his Church and to the Pope who is in charge , whenever they found themselves through dramatic historical junctures.Raphael then devoted himself between 1514 and 1517 the construction of the hall called Fire in the Borgo. The main aim of the decoration of this room is to illustrate the religious and political aspirations of Leo X by means of stories related to the life of two ancient Popes bearers of the same name: Leo III and Leo IV.

The Raphael Rooms: English Language Edition

History & Criticism

This volume is completely dedicated to the restoration of the frescoes depicting episodes in the lives of Christ and Moses, painted on the side walls of the Sistine Chapel by some of the greatest artists of the 15th century, such as Pietro Perugino, Sandro Botticelli and Domenico Ghirlandaio.Besides historical and artistic report, the book also explains the restoration techniques and has a detailed illustrative section with extensive diagrams.

The Fifteenth Century Frecoes in the Sistine Chapel: Recent Restorations-Vatican Museums, Vol. 4 (Recent Restorations of the Vatican Museums)

Nesselrath, Arnold

Mejia, Jorge Maria Cardinal

Pagliara, Pier Nicola

De Luca, Maurizio

A detailed study on the restored staircase in the Vatican Belvedere Palace built in the early 1500's by the great Renaissance architect, Donato Bramante. The book shows beautiful and detailed photographs and includes extensive pictorial documentation on the Vatican and its environs in the 16th and 17th century.

Bramante's Spiral Staircase: Recent Restorations of the Vatican Museums, Vol. 2

Graziano, A.

Mancinelli, F.

Rossi, F.

This highly acclaimed volume covers the complete works of the two great Renaissance masters in the Vatican: Michelangelo’s entire restored frescos in the Sistine Chapel are minutely explained and photographed together with Raphael’s Stanze and Logge painted in the sixteenth century for the Papal Apartments. Este volumen aclamado cubre las obras completas de los dos grandes maestros del Renacimiento en el Vaticano: La totalidad restaurados frescos de Michelangelo en la Capilla Sixtina se explican minuciosamente y se fotografiaron junto a Stanze y Logge de Raphael pintado en el siglo XVI por los apartamentos papales.

Michelangelo and Raphel in the Vatican: Spanish Language Edition

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