Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Thoenes, Christof.
2. Comastri, Angelo.

Description

1. 352 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 34 cm.

Series statement

1. Monumenta vaticana selecta

Uniform title

1. Monumenta Vaticana selecta.

Alternative title

1. Mosaics and the sacred space

Subject

1. Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano
2. Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
3. Idols and images > Vatican City
4. Christian art and symbolism > Vatican City
5. Mosaics, Italian > Vatican City

Contents

1. 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.

Call number

1. JQG 13-188

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-346) and index.

Title

1. Saint Peter in the Vatican : the mosaics and the sacred space / Christof Thoenes ... [et al.] ; introduction by Angelo Comastri.

Imprint

1. Città del Vaticano : Fabbrica di San Pietro in Vaticano : Musei Vaticani : Libreria editrice Vaticana ; Milano : Jaca book, 2011.

Edition

1. 1st ed.

Series

1. Monumenta vaticana selecta
2. Monumenta Vaticana selecta.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-346) and index.

Connect to:

1. TOC

Added author

1. Thoenes, Christof.
2. Comastri, Angelo.

ISBN

1. 9788816604605
2. 8816604603

Research call number

1. JQG 13-188