Prologue. Standing in the Sistine -- Introduction. The dying Pope -- The great commission -- Clement's brainstorm -- Pope Julius's tomb -- The altar wall -- Colors -- The children of Savonarola -- Vittoria Colonna -- Sol Invictus -- Saints, martyrs, and angels -- The outer orbit : the naked and the dead -- The damned -- The censorship of the end of the world -- The last days of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Includes bibliographical references )p. ]211[-213( and index.