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Saint Peter in the Vatican : the mosaics and the sacred space

Title
Saint Peter in the Vatican : the mosaics and the sacred space / Christof Thoenes [and others] ; introduction by Angelo Comastri.
Publication
Città del Vaticano : Fabbrica di San Pietro in Vaticano : Musei Vaticani : Libreria editrice Vaticana ; Milano : Jaca Book, 2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Thoenes, Christof.
  • Comastri, Angelo.
Description
352 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 34 cm.
Series Statement
Monumenta vaticana selecta
Uniform Title
Monumenta Vaticana selecta
Alternative Title
Mosaics and the sacred space
Subject
  • Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano
  • Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
  • Idols and images > Vatican City
  • Christian art and symbolism > Vatican City
  • Mosaics, Italian > Vatican City
  • Christian art and symbolism
  • Idols and images
  • Mosaics, Italian
  • Vatican City
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-346) and index.
Contents
Introduction / Angelo Comastri -- Plans and iconographic schemes -- 1. Introduction to the sacred space of the Basilica / Christof Thoenes -- 2. Iconographic reading of the Basilica of Saint Peter. The spiritual and artistic message of the mosaics / Vittorio Lanzani -- 3. Mosaic decoration of the great dome / Gabriele Matiacci -- 4. Christological images through a documentary reading / Assunta Di Sante -- 5. Marian images in the mosaic art of the Basilica / Simona Turriziani -- 6. Image of Peter in his Basilica / Pietro Zander -- 7. Martyrs and Saints. ancient and new devotion at the tomb of Saint Peter / Antonio Grimaldi -- Painters and mosaicists at the Fabbrica of Saint Peter in the Vatican from XVI to the XXI centuries / Assunta Di Sante.
ISBN
  • 9788816604605
  • 8816604603
OCLC
  • ocn757462691
  • 757462691
  • SCSB-1616994
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library