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Art and culture at the Sistine Court : Platina's "Life of Sixtus IV" and the frescoes of the Hospital of Santo Spirito / Eunice D. Howe.

Title
Art and culture at the Sistine Court : Platina's "Life of Sixtus IV" and the frescoes of the Hospital of Santo Spirito / Eunice D. Howe.
Author
Howe, Eunice D.
Publication
Citta del Vaticano [Vatican City] : Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2005.

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Additional Authors
Platina, 1421-1481.
Description
268 p. : ill., plan; 26 cm.
Series Statement
Studi e testi (Biblioteca apostolica vaticana) ; 422
Uniform Title
Studi e testi (Biblioteca apostolica vaticana) 422.
Alternative Title
Platina's "Life of Sixtus IV" and the frescoes of the Hospital of Santo Spirito
Subject
  • Platina, 1421-1481
  • Sixtus IV, Pope, 1414-1484
  • Biblioteca apostolica vaticana
  • Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia (Rome, Italy)
  • 500-1500
  • 1400-1500
  • Mural painting and decoration, Italian > Italy > Rome
  • Christian art and symbolism > Italy > Rome > Medieval, 500-1500
Genre/Form
Biographies (form)
Note
  • With 1 errata leaf.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-179) and index.
Contents
The lives of the popes (Vat. Lat. 2044) -- Platina at the court of Sixtus IV: negotiating word and image -- Collaboration at the hospital of Santo Spirito -- The artists of the Corsia Sistina -- The hospital program - moving towards paradise
ISBN
8821007715 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 61181419
  • SCSB-10021349
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library