Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's | 
 enlarge | Author: R A Scotti
Creator: Josephine Bailey
Publisher: Tantor Media
Category: Book
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 1974206
Format: Audiobook, Cd
Media: MP3 CD
Edition: MP3 Una
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1400152348
Dewey Decimal Number: 726.50945634
EAN: 9781400152346
ASIN: 1400152348
Publication Date: June 1, 2006
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Product Description
In this swift, colorful narrative, R. A. Scotti brings to life the artists and the popes, the politics and the passions behind the audacious building of St. Peter's Basilica during the 14th and 15th centuries. Scotti turns sacred architecture into a spellbinding human epic of enormous daring, petty jealousy, and staggering genius.
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 great! November 9, 2008
W. Miller (Salt Lake City, UT USA)
Great service. It came fast and in perfect shape. Would definitely buy from this buyer again.
 Interesting study of the personalities September 15, 2008
Sean P. Palmer (Nw York, NY)
Others have pointed out the errors in this book better than I could ... I don't much about building materials and achitecture. br / br /I enjoyed reading this book because of the number of larger than life personalities involved in the construction of St. Peter's: from popes like Julius III and the Medici Popes to Raphael, Michelangelo and the other artists/architects involved in the massive project. br /
basilica August 5, 2008
Jose Villela (Flower Mound, TX)
Excelent reading for all those interested in the Italian High reinassance, reads like a novel.
 Disappointing August 4, 2008
G. Massa (NYC)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am very disappointed in the quality of research and of the prose. br /I found it almost impossible to keep myself engaged.
For what it is worth June 27, 2008
Catholic priest (New Jersey, USA)
As long as you don't approach the book expecting a definitive summary of 150 years of church history, it's an entertaining and fascinating read. I enjoyed the personal portraits of the characters in the book. It's the first book I read in Kindle, and I suspect I might have enjoyed the printed diagrams of the basilica more than the digital version, which I found difficult to read and impossible to enlarge.
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