Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (746 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000HBJZYO |
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| Number of Pages | : | 172 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Peter in Rome—the grandest architectural undertaking of the High Renaissance—Scotti (Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938) shows how the construction fed the ambitions of 30 popes, including the indomitable Julius II, who laid the first stone in 1506; Leo X, the Medici pope whose extravagant spending fueled the resentment toward the papacy that culminated in the Protestant Reformation; Clement VII, on whose watch Rome was sacked by Emperor Charles V; and Sixtus V, who restored the ravaged city and pushed, against all odds, to have the great dome completed during his lifetime. All rights reserved. In 1506, the great architect Donato Bramante envisioned a gigantic central crossing topped by a dome of such daring design that many believed it could not be built. (June)Copyright &
Peter?s Basilica. In this dramatic journey through religious and artistic history, R. A dazzling portrait of human achievement and excess, Basilica is a triumph of historical writing.. Begun by the ferociously ambitious Pope Julius II in 1506, the endeavor would span two tumultuous centuries, challenge the greatest Renaissance masters?Michelangelo, Raphael, and Bramante?and enrage Martin Luther. A. Scotti traces the defining event of a glorious epoch: the building of St. By the time it was completed, Shakespeare had written all of his plays, the Mayflower had reached Plymouth?and Rome had risen with its astounding basilica to become Europe?s holy metropolis
"Buy this book if you are a Rome buff." according to Retired Nurse. I am about half way through this book right now. I love it. My husband and I are planning a Rome trip one of these days along with another couple. This book will be required reading before we go. The writing is pleasant. Ofttimes, it is difficult to turn non-fiction and history into a engaging story. This book does it. The author talks about each Pope as if he was that Pope's confidant. I enthusiastically recommend this book for anyone who is traveling to Rome and wants background information, history. Don A. Mele said Bad History, Bad Writing: A Pretty Silly Book. This is second-hand derivative history by an author who doesn't have the intellectual context to measure the worth of her information. As history, it is terrible. It is filled with errors and ridiculously over-simplified explanations To make the story more interesting than she is able to find it, the author resorts to two narrative tricks. She attempts a soap opera novelist's style, asserting human interest details which we can't possibly know. And she pads the story with irrelevant digressions. The b. This Story of the Most Beautiful Building Slugo When I visited St Peters it's beauty and grandeur captivated me. I left needing to understand the origins of this most beautiful of buildings and reading this book was the start of that journey. As I read of Bramante, Pope Julius, Raphael and Michelangelo and all the others I came to understand this building as the embodiment of mans search for epic greatness. This book discusses the builders in human terms as men of strengths and weaknesses, talents and ambitions, foibles and frailties, and focuses o