Ebook {Epub PDF} Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peters by R.A. Scotti

 · It tells the story of the building of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and gives illustrative accounts of the Popes, artists and the politics that contributed to the massive structure. I'd recommend this book for anyone who likes religious history or art history.4/5. Basilica: the splendor and the scandal - building St. Peter's by Scotti, R. A. Publication date Topics Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano, Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano, St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City), Buildings Publisher New York: Plume ; London: Turnaround [distributor]User Interaction Count: In this dramatic journey through religious and artistic history, R. A. Scotti traces the defining event of a glorious epoch: the building of St. Peter's Basilica. Begun by the ferociously ambitious Pope Julius II in , the endeavor would span two tumultuous centuries, challenge the greatest Renaissance masters—Michelangelo, Raphael, and Bramante—and enrage Martin Luther/5().

R.A. Scotti's "Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's" is more than just a biography of one of the world's great architectural wonder's. "Basilica" is a wonderfully readable historical narrative of the mid and late Renaissance in a plot-thick story of warrior-popes, international intrigue, angst-riddled artistes all. "Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal--Building St. Peter's" is a book that I have wanted to write ever since I stumbled into St Peter's Square. I was 19, on my own for the first time, and awestruck. The magnificence of Michelangelo's basilica led me circuitously to the mystery of Leonardo's Mona Lisa. "Vanished Smile" reopens the case of the. In this dramatic journey through religious and artistic history, R. A. Scotti traces the defining event of a glorious epoch: the building of St. Peter?s Basili.

In this dramatic journey through religious and artistic history, R. A. Scotti traces the defining event of a glorious epoch: the building of St. Peter's Basilica. Begun by the ferociously ambitious. Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal - Building St. Peter's by R. A. Scotti (, Hardcover). Basilica: the splendor and the scandal - building St. Peter's by Scotti, R. A. Publication date Topics Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano.