| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-312) and index. |
| Contents |
In the beginning -- What is the Sistine Chapel? -- The lost language of art -- A rebel is born -- A very special education -- Out of the garden and into the world -- As fate would have it -- A private tour of the Sistine Temple -- Crossing the threshold -- The vault of heaven -- The house of David -- The four corners of the universe -- A company of prophets -- The middle path -- Parting shots -- Beyond the ceiling -- Back on the scene -- Secrets of The Last Judgment -- Later secrets --"A world transfigured" -- Conclusion : so, what is the Sistine Chapel? |
| Summary |
Five hundred years ago Michelangelo began work on a painting that became one of the most famous pieces of art in the world--the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Every year millions of people come to see Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling, which is the largest fresco painting on earth in the holiest of Christianity's chapels; yet there is not one single Christian image in this vast, magnificent artwork. The Sistine Secrets tells the fascinating story of how Michelangelo embedded messages of brotherhood, tolerance, and freethinking in his painting to encourage 'fellow travelers' to challenge the repressive Roman Catholic Church of his time. |
| Subject |
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)
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Symbolism in art.
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Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Vatican City.
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Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Vatican City.
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| Added Author |
Doliner, Roy, 1954-
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| ISBN |
9780061469046 |
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0061469041 |
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