official publication authorized by the Vatican museums.
255 pages :
illustrations (some color) ;
29 cm
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.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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Nearly three hundred illustrations and a text reveal the entire range of the Vatican's artistic holdings, replete with priceless masterworks from all periods.
Vatican collections.
Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Art-- Vatican City, Exhibitions.
Christian art and symbolism-- Vatican City, Exhibitions.