I want iPod! One Place to Buy Them All.  
Top 10 items

Bernini's Scala Regia at the Vatican Palace: Architecture, Sculpture, and Ritual

 
Bernini's Scala Regia at the Vatican Palace: Architecture, Sculpture, and Ritual   Author: T. A. Marder
By Cambridge University Press

List Price: $150.00
Our Price: $508.11

Read more information about Bernini's Scala Regia at the Vatican Palace: Architecture, Sculpture, and Ritual at Amazon.com

Editorial Review
Product Description
Bernini's Scala Regia is the paradigm of the Baroque aesthetic. Combining art and architecture, sculpture and decoration in an illusionistic ensemble, this monumental staircase served as the main entrance to the Vatican Palace, as well as the principal connection between the palace and St Peter's basilica. The monument also encapsulates the essence of Bernini's working procedure as architect and designer as well as his creative response to both structural challenges and iconographic concerns. This book is the first complete account of the Scala Regia in the context of the long building history of the Vatican Palace, the history of St Peter's, and the architecture and sculpture of Bernini.

Product Details
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 728.820945634
EAN: 9780521431989
ISBN: 0521431980
Label: Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 337
Publication Date: 1997-03-13
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Studio: Cambridge University Press