| Description |
255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Message by Pope John Paul II -- Foreword / Philippe de Montebello, James N. Wood, Ian McKibbin White -- Acknowledgments / Philippe de Montebello, George Weissman -- Map of Vatican City State -- The Vatican museums -- Old Saint Peter's -- The Fabbrica of Saint Peter's -- The Apostolic palaces -- The Belvedere -- The Treasury of Saint Peter's -- New Saint Peter's and Baroque Rome -- The library museums -- Museo Pio-Clementino -- Pinacoteca -- Museo Gregoriano Egizio -- Museo Gregoriano Etrusco -- The collections of Greek and Roman antiquities in the 19th and 20th centuries -- Museo Pio Cristiano -- Pontificio Museo Missionario-Etnologico -- Collezione d'Arte Religiosa Moderna -- Saint Peter and his successors -- Contributors to the catalogue -- Photograph credits. |
| Note |
A catalogue of an exhibition to be shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Feb. 26-June 12, 1983; the Art Institute of Chicago, July 21-Oct. 16, 1983; and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Nov. 19, 1983-Feb. 19, 1984. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Vatican Palace (Vatican City) -- Exhibitions.
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Art -- Vatican City -- Exhibitions.
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Christian art and symbolism -- Vatican City -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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Art Institute of Chicago.
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
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| ISBN |
0870993216 |
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0870993208 paperback |
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0810917106 Abrams |
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