Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore| Limited Edition
The Papal Chapel
The definitive volume to discover the inestimable beauty enshrined in the Marian temple par excellence: the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. The only one of Rome’s major basilicas to preserve its original structures, it is celebrated here thanks to never-before-seen gigapixel and 1:1 scale shots. The mosaics of the nave and the triumphal arch dating back to the pontificate of Sixtus III (432-440), those of the apse made at the behest of Nicholas V (1288-1292), can thus be admired for the first time in their grandeur, the Cosmatesque floor, the coffered ceiling designed by Giuliano da Sangallo, the Nativity scene by Arnolfo di Cambio, the High Altar by Ferdinando Fuga and the Borghese, Sistine, Sforza, Cesi, Crucifix and St. Michael chapels by Valadier.
Description of the Work
Format 30 x 40 cm
Pages 436
Images 300 ca.
ISBN 979-12-80717-31-3
Text Italian/English
Cover hardback with front and back Setalux Blue covering and spine in Setalux White, with gold foil hot stamping and vignette applied on the cover plate.
Print four-color process on quality paper.
Box Set covered head and foot in canvas and front and back in Setalux Blue, with gold hot stamping.
Index
Preface by His Eminence Rolandas Makrickas Introduction by Andreas Raub
“Virgin Mary, to You I, Sixtus.” The Basilica of Sixtus III (432-440) by Sible De Blaauw
Locus mirabilis. Nicholas IV (1288-1292) and Santa Maria Maggiore by Andreas Raub
The Nativity Scene by Arnolfo di Cambio by Sante Guido Snow, Marble, Gold. The Transformation of the Basilica in the Fifteenth Century by Arnold Nesselrath
The Cappella Sistina (1585-1590). From Family Mausoleum to Monumental Reliquary by Patrizia Tosini
The Cappella Paolina (1605-1621). Throne Room of the Virgin and Gateway to Paradise by Fabio Barry
The Sforza and Cesi Chapels by Vitale Zanchettin Benedict XIV (1740-1758). “A most felicitous outcome” by Elisabeth Kieven
The Basilica from the Nineteenth and Twenty-First Centuries by Sante Guido
The Polo Museale Liberiano
Introduction by Andreas Raub
The Archaeological Area by Olof Brandt The Façade Mosaics by Andreas Raub The Chapter Hall by Andreas Raub
The Museum by Andreas Raub Bibliography
Authors
With a preface by
H. Em. Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, Coadjutor Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
Authors
Andreas Raub Head of the Artistic-Scientific Department, Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore – Polo Museale Liberiano.
Sible De Blaauw Professor Emeritus of Early Christian Art and Architecture, Faculty of Arts, Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands).
Guido Sante Professor in Principles of Conservation and Restoration of Sacred Art at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Professor of Art History at Roma Tre University.
Arnold Nesselrath Delegate of the Artistic-Scientific Department and the Restoration Laboratory of the Vatican Museums (until 2017). Director of the Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance (until 2019).
Patrizia Tosini Professor of History of Modern Art at Roma Tre University.
Fabio Barry Associate Fellow Warburg Institute and University of London.
Vitale Zanchettin Architectural Superintendence at the Vatican Museum. Professor of History of Architecture at the IUAV University of Venice.
Elisabeth Kieven Director Emerita Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max Planck Insititue for Art History.
Olof Brandt Professor of Early Christian Architecture at the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology.
Materials
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Cover
hardback with front and back Setalux Blue covering and spine in Setalux White, with gold foil hot stamping and vignette applied on the cover plate.
Box Set
covered head and foot in canvas and front and back in Setalux Blue, with gold hot stamping.
Gold
With gold hot stamping.
Four-color process on quality paper.
Incredible Images
Photographic images created with an exclusive Scripta Maneant photographic campaign, 1:1 scale.
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