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The Sistine Chapel
Brand new, excellent condition. In storage since publication. 1986 Harmony/Crown first edition oversized hardcover, beautifully illustrated. Price corner snipped from inside dust jacket. Fast shipping, tracking.
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First published September 4, 1986
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April 1, 2025
Great reference about the restoration and about the Sistine Chapel.
January 1, 2018
I really just looked at the pictures here, in the context of listening to Michelangelo and the Pope s Ceiling. I look at this book pretty regularly, about every 2 or 3 years.
The depressing thing about this book is that it's nearly 20 years old and the ink in the photos is fading. Still, it's good to see the changes since I was there in '85 while the restoration was going on; seeing the (fading) pictures reminds me that I really have to go back and see the whole ceiling, finished, someday. Soon would be nice.
I'd like to own a book that really delves into the art on the ceiling and altar wall in depth without "wasting" pages on other artists of the time. I say that tongue-in-cheek. Just the Sistine photos, please.
The depressing thing about this book is that it's nearly 20 years old and the ink in the photos is fading. Still, it's good to see the changes since I was there in '85 while the restoration was going on; seeing the (fading) pictures reminds me that I really have to go back and see the whole ceiling, finished, someday. Soon would be nice.
I'd like to own a book that really delves into the art on the ceiling and altar wall in depth without "wasting" pages on other artists of the time. I say that tongue-in-cheek. Just the Sistine photos, please.
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