Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of
the World series(Part I and Part II) Built by the decree of
Constantine, rebuilt by some of the most distinguished architects
in Renaissance Italy, emulated by Hitler's architect in his vision
for Germania, immortalized on film by Fellini, and fictionalized by
a modern American bestseller, St. Peter's is the most easily
recognizable church in the world. This book is a cultural history
of one of the most significant structures in the West. It bears the
imprint of Bramante, Raphael, Michelangelo, Bernini, and Canova.
For Grand Tourists of the eighteenth century, St. Peter's
exemplified the sublime. It continues to fascinate visitors today
and appears globally as a familiar symbol of the papacy and of the
Catholic Church itself. The church was first built in the fourth
century on what is thought to be the tomb of Peter--the rock upon
which Christ decreed his church shall be built. After twelve
hundred years, the church was largely demolished and rebuilt in the
sixteenth century when it came to acquire its present-day form. St.
Peter's awes the visitor by its gigantic proportions, creating a
city within itself. It is the mother church, the womb from which
churches around the world have taken inspiration. This book covers
the social, political, and architectural history of the church from
the fourth century to the present. From the threshold, to the
subterranean Roman necropolis, to the dizzying heights of the dome,
this book provides rare perspectives and contexts for understanding
the shape and significance of the most illustrious church in the
world.
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