The Vatican: All the Paintings: The Complete Collection of Old Masters, Plus More than 300 Sculptures, Maps, Tapestries, and other Artifacts Author: Visit Amazon's Anja Grebe Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1579129439 | Format: EPUB
The Vatican: All the Paintings: The Complete Collection of Old Masters, Plus More than 300 Sculptures, Maps, Tapestries, and other Artifacts Description
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Ross King, author of many works of vivid art history, including Michelangelo & the Pope’s Ceiling (2003), introduces this sumptuous showcase of 976 of the Vatican’s art treasures, observing that “the Vatican has always been a place sacred to the arts,” reaching back to the ancient Romans, for whom this hill overlooking the Tiber was a place of poets and seers, and forward through centuries of church patronage. Five million visitors a year tour this uniquely opulent citadel of art and its 21 museums, from the Pinacoteca (the picture gallery) to the Tapestry Gallery to the Egyptian and Etruscan collections. Now everyone everywhere can experience the Vatican’s magnificent collections in this veritable pageant of art history. Art historian Grebe provides to-the-point commentary, covering various popes’ commissioning of specific works and, beginning in the seventeenth century, avid acquisition of masterpieces. Here are exceptionally fine photographs of the Borgia Apartments, intricate frescoes, rare manuscripts and maps, the glorious Raphael Rooms, and the Collection of Modern Religious Art. An accompanying DVD provides additional portals onto the artistic wonders of the Vatican. --Donna Seaman
Review
This comprehensive and heavy tome illustrates all the works of art on display in the Vatican and underscores the variety of its art, including works that popes commissioned from painters as well as works that were accumulated for art appreciation and prestige beginning in the 17th century. The book is divided into 22 sections representing the museums and areas of the Vatican. This includes the Pinacoteca (painting gallery), with paintings given to or purchased by the pops or removed from altarpieces of papal churches. Also included are images of art from the Borgia Apartments, the famous Raphael Rooms, and Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. Lesser-known works are included, such as a collection of modern religious art and tapestry and maps. The diversity of the holdings is highlighted by such collections as the Pio-Clementine Museum of early Christian Rome, the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, which houses non-Western art. Not to be forgotten is St. Peter’s Basilica and Piazz, and its art including Michelangelo’s famous Pieta sculpture.
VERDICT This book, which has many beautiful color illustrations, its own slipcover, and a DVD that includes every work of art, will appeal to readers who are interested in the art of the Vatican.
(Sandra Rothenberg, Framingham State Coll. Lib., MA
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- Hardcover: 525 pages
- Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers; Har/Dvdr edition (November 12, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1579129439
- ISBN-13: 978-1579129439
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 11.1 x 2.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 8.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
“The Vatican: All the Paintings” made by Anja Grebe is a fantastic overview of art collections gathered in one place that offers a comprehensive look at the wealth of art that is kept in the smallest country in the world.
Since I'm a big fan of art, and in whatever city I'm, always visit galleries and museums. Therefore I’m happy that I visited and enjoyed number of famous art places around the world, both European and US.
And while Louvre attracts attention with quantity of its art, American museums with technical equipment and modernity, Vatican Museum has an amazing collection of art that is kept in relatively small space will delight everyone who visits it for the first time.
Whether we are talking about antiquity or works that were created recently in human history, in these galleries and palaces art lover will be able to enjoy the works of art perhaps more than anywhere around the world.
In this sense, this book together with the accompanying DVD is a great opportunity for art enjoying to all those who haven’t yet visited the museum, will soon visit it or even are not familiar with the wealth of art that can be seen there.
The book is organized in 22 chapters that are describing Vatican Museum and its galleries that include the famous the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Palaces, the Pinacoteca, the Borgia Apartments, and many more.
Inside, reader can found nearly 1000 art pieces, mostly paintings from authors such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Giotto, Titian and Caravaggio but also many other art objects like sculptures and tapestries.
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