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

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.
Subject:
Vatican Palace (Vatican City) > Exhibitions.
Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Vatican Palace (Vatican City) > Exhibitions.
Art > Vatican City > Exhibitions.
Christian art and symbolism > Vatican City > Exhibitions.
Art.
Christian art and symbolism.
Vatican City.
Art > Exhibitions > Vatican City.
Christian art and symbolism.
Art.
Vatican City.
Genre:
Exhibition catalogs.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library N 6920 .V38 1982 243342 Stacks Available -

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.