Traces Pope Julius II's controversial early sixteenth-century construction of a new basilica in place of the Emperor Constantine's millennium-old St. Peter's Basilica, documenting how building efforts spanned two centuries and more than two dozen papacies while incorporating the contributions of such master artists as Michelangelo and Raphael. Reprint.
| Author: R. A. Scotti |
| Publisher: Plume |
| Publication Date: May 29, 2007 |
| Number of Pages: 352 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 0452288606 |
| ISBN-13: 9780452288607 |