The Vatican Collections: The Papacy and Art

by Art Institute of Chicago, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Metropolitan Museum of Art, et al.

Exhibition catalog for a show at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. 256pp. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870993208
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Harry N. Abrams
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.

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The Vatican Collections The Papacy and Art

Book relates the long and interesting relationship between the Papacy and art throughout the centuries. The works of art in the exhibit, of which this book is a catalog, and a study guide, will speak of history, of the human condition in its universal challenge, and of the endeavors of the human spirit to attain the beauty to which it is attracted. Beautiful color photos, excellent detail, seldom seen works which are part of the Vatican Collection.