Inventing the Council inside the Apostolic Library
Inventing the Council inside the Apostolic Library

Author: Filip Malesevic

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-10-04

Total Pages: 667

ISBN-13: 3110720671

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The book provides a detailed study of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and its interior decoration which today still remains inaccessible to the ordinary visit. Placing the history of the Vatican Library in the larger context of how erudition was administered and organized within the Early Modern Roman Curia, the book will also take into consideration how the Vaticana was used in contrast to other newly founded libraries.

The Hibbert Journal
The Hibbert Journal

Author: Lawrence Pearsall Jacks

Publisher:

Published: 1916

Total Pages: 816

ISBN-13:

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A quarterly review of religion, theology, and philosophy.

King Sigismund Chapel at Cracow Cathedral (1515-1533)
King Sigismund Chapel at Cracow Cathedral (1515-1533)

Author: Stanisław Mossakowski

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9788389831149

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The Sigismund Chapel, a mausoleum erected between 1515-1533 for the King of Poland Sigismund I the Jagiellon at Cracow Cathedral, is universally regarded as the perfect example of High Renaissance architecture north of the Alps. It was designed by Bartolomeo Berrecci who also oversaw its construction and execution of sculptural decoration by a team of Italian and local sculptors. Particularly noteworthy in the chapel's decoration are several instances of compositional motifs unquestionably borrowed from Michelangelo and Raphael and the artists from his circle. Numerous compositional forms and motifs employed in this structure reveal an amazing concurrence with contemporary achievements of Italian, especially Roman, architecture and art. Very few structures, even in contemporary Italy, showed such an accumulation of forms and thematic motifs of antique provenance as the Cracow mausoleum did.

Watchers of the Stars
Watchers of the Stars

Author: Patrick Moore

Publisher: Horwood Publishing

Published: 2009-09-30

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781904275442

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"Sir Patrick Moore is an historian of astronomy, and in this third edition he tells the epic story of the historical development of astronomy which caused a revolutionary change in human outlook, both in its impact on scientific thinking and religious belief. It is a fascinating story, which recognises the outstanding achievements of the five main architects of the astronomical revolution, which spanned a little under 150 years." --Book Jacket.