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100 1  Forcellino, Antonio,|eauthor. 
245 14 The Sistine Chapel :|bhistory of a masterpiece /|cAntonio 
       Forcellino ; translated by Lucinda Byatt. 
250    English edition. 
264  1 Cambridge, UK :|bPolity,|c[2022] 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    x, 246 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (chiefly color) ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Translation of:  La Cappella Sistina : racconto di un 
       capolavoro.  Bari : Editori GLF Laterza, 2020. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    "The Sistine Chapel is one of the world's most magnificent
       buildings, and the frescos that decorate its ceiling and 
       walls are a testimony to the creative genius of the 
       Renaissance. Two generations of artists worked at the 
       heart of Christianity, over the course of several decades 
       in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, to produce this 
       extraordinary achievement of Western civilization. In this
       book, the art historian and restorer Antonio Forcellino 
       tells the remarkable story of the Sistine Chapel, bringing
       his unique combination of knowledge and skills to bear on 
       the conditions that led to its creation. Forcellino shows 
       that Pope Sixtus IV embarked on the project as an attempt 
       to assert papal legitimacy in response to Mehmed II's 
       challenge to the Pope's spiritual leadership. The lower 
       part of the chapel was decorated by a consortium of master
       painters whose frescoes, so coherent that they seem almost
       to have been painted by a single hand, represent the 
       highest expression of the Quattrocento Tuscan workshops. 
       Then, in 1505, Sixtus IV's nephew, Julius II, imposed a 
       change in direction. Having been captivated by the 
       prodigious talent of a young Florentine sculptor, Julius 
       II summoned Michelangelo Buonarroti to Rome and 
       commissioned him to paint the ceiling of the Sistine 
       Chapel. Two decades later, Michelangelo returned to paint 
       The Last Judgement, which covers the wall behind the 
       alter. Michelangelo's revolutionary work departed 
       radically from tradition and marked a turning point in the
       history of Western art."--Publisher. 
600 00 Michelangelo Buonarroti,|d1475-1564|xCriticism and 
       interpretation. 
610 20 Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City) 
650  0 Mural painting and decoration, Italian|zVatican City. 
650  0 Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance|zVatican City. 
650  0 Mural painting and decoration|zVatican City. 
650  0 Christian art and symbolism|zVatican City|yRenaissance, 
       1450-1600. 
700 1  Byatt, Lucinda,|etranslator. 
730 0  Cappella Sistina.|lEnglish.