The Vatican collections : the papacy and art

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The Vatican collections : the papacy and art / official publication authorized by the Vatican museums.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (Added Author). Art Institute of Chicago. (Added Author). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. (Added Author).

Summary:

Nearly three hundred illustrations and a text reveal the entire range of the Vatican's artistic holdings, replete with priceless masterworks from all periods.

Record details

ISBN: 0870993216
ISBN: 9780870993213
ISBN: 0870993208
ISBN: 9780870993206
ISBN: 0810917106
ISBN: 9780810917101
Physical Description: 255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : ©1982.

Content descriptions

General Note:: A catalogue of an exhibition to be shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Feb. 26-June 12, 1983; the Art Institute of Chicago, July 21-Oct. 16, 1983; and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Nov. 19, 1983-Feb. 19, 1984.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:: Message by Pope John Paul II -- Foreword / Philippe de Montebello, James N. Wood, Ian McKibbin White -- Acknowledgments / Philippe de Montebello, George Weissman -- Map of Vatican City State -- The Vatican museums -- Old Saint Peter's -- The Fabbrica of Saint Peter's -- The Apostolic palaces -- The Belvedere -- The Treasury of Saint Peter's -- New Saint Peter's and Baroque Rome -- The library museums -- Museo Pio-Clementino -- Pinacoteca -- Museo Gregoriano Egizio -- Museo Gregoriano Etrusco -- The collections of Greek and Roman antiquities in the 19th and 20th centuries -- Museo Pio Cristiano -- Pontificio Museo Missionario-Etnologico -- Collezione d'Arte Religiosa Moderna -- Saint Peter and his successors -- Contributors to the catalogue -- Photograph credits.