The Sistine Chapel: A Glorious Restoration

by Pierluigi De Vecchi (Editor), Buonarroti Michelangelo (Artist)

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Contains nearly three hundred photographs taken by Takashi Okamura showing the entire Ceiling, individual panels showing such scenes as the Creation of Adam and the Deluge, and details of prophets, sibyls, nudes, and other stunning figures.

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Pierluigi De Vecchi
Editor
33+ Works 531 Members
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Artist
103+ Works 1,372 Members

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Colalucci, Gianluigi (Contributor)
Gabrielli, Nazzareno (Contributor)
Hirst, Michael (Contributor)
Maeder, Edward (Contributor)
Mancinelli, Fabrizio (Contributor)
Okamura, Takashi (Photographer)
Pagliara, Piernicola (Contributor)
Piatto, Maria (Caption writer)
Pietrangeli, Carlo (Introduction)
Shearman, John (Contributor)
Winner, Matthias (Contributor)

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Murphy, Diana (Editor (English language ed.))
Ford, Karin (Translator)
Giacometti, Massimo (Designer)
Jenkens, A. Lawrence (Translator)

Common Knowledge

Original publication date
1992
People/Characters
Michelangelo Buonarroti; Julius II, Pope (Giuliano della Rovere, 1443-1513)
Important places
Vatican City
Original language
Italian

Classifications

Genres
Nonfiction, Art & Design, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
759.5 — Arts & recreation Painting History, geographic treatment, biography Italy, San Marino, Vatican City, Malta
LCC
ND623 .B9 .C2913 — Fine Arts Painting Painting History
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English, German, Italian
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ISBNs
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ASINs
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