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Basilica

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內容簡介 In this dramatic journey through religious and artistic history, R. A. Scotti traces the defining event of a glorious epoch: the building of St. Peter?s Basilica. Begun by the ferociously ambitious Pope Julius II in 1506, the endeavor would span two tumultuous centuries, challenge the greatest Renaissance masters?Michelangelo, Raphael, and Bramante?and enrage Martin Luther. By the time it was completed, Shakespeare had written all of his plays, theMayflower had reached Plymouth?and Rome had risen with its astounding basilica to become Europe?s holy metropolis. A dazzling portrait of human achievement and excess,Basilica is a triumph of historical writing. In this dramatic journey through religious and artistic history, R. A. Scotti traces the defining event of a glorious epoch: the building of St. Peter?s Basilica. Begun by the ferociously ambitious Pope Julius II in 1506, the endeavor would span two tumultuous centuries, challenge the greatest Renaissance masters?Michelangelo, Raphael, and Bramante?and enrage Martin Luther. By the time it was completed, Shakespeare had written all of his plays, the Mayflower had reached Plymouth?and Rome had risen with its astounding basilica to become Europe?s holy metropolis. A dazzling portrait of human achievement and excess, Basilica is a triumph of historical writing.

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各界推薦 於義大利梵蒂岡的聖彼得大教堂（St. Peter's Basilica），是羅馬天主教的中心教堂、歐洲天主教徒的朝聖地與梵蒂岡羅馬教皇的教廷，也是目前全世界第一大教堂。而聖彼得大教堂建築本身更是世界的藝術遺產，也是梵蒂岡的象徵。 本書作者縱覽過去的歷史，寫成這本引人入勝的故事，讓建造聖彼得大教堂背後的種種歷史，簡直要比建築本身更讓人著迷。整個建造大教堂的過程，歷經了三十位教宗的任期，他們也都對這座最大教堂有著不同的複雜心情和期望。從十六世紀的風雲人物 Julius II 開始打造；文藝復興時期揮霍最甚的教宗 Leo X ，引發了教派分裂，改革教派Protestant Reformation 成立；眼見羅馬被 Charles V 毀掉的 Clement VII；Sixtus V 全力恢復這座被蹂躪殆盡的城市，並在他有生之年設法讓大圓頂建造完成。 而曾經負責打造這座大教堂的建築師們，也都奉獻了他們的精華年歲、理想抱負、野心，也背負了當時其它同業的嫉妒。1506年，由大建築師 Donato Bramante 布拉曼特肩負起設計整座教堂建築的重責大任，而他超越時代的穹頂設計在當時被認為不可能實現；Raphael 拉斐爾，死於三十七歲那年；Michelangelo 米開朗基羅則是在七十一歲的高齡才不情願地接手這份工作、重新設計，但在他去世前，教堂始終未能完成。最後教堂在1589年竣工，歷時接近140年，參與的主建築師多達十位。 本書中，作者以翔實的表證、生動的筆觸娓娓描述了跨越百年的歷史，在聖彼得大教堂建造的過程中，充滿權力、金錢，也充滿熱情、天才、奉獻，而作者巧妙的編排串接，讓這些歷史人物重新栩栩如生地出現在現代讀者面前，共同見證這座大教堂舉世無雙的歷史。本書獲得 Wall Street Journal、 Publishers Weekly、Booklist等眾多媒體推薦，被視為難得一見、讓人驚艷的佳作。

作者介紹

作者介紹 R. A. Scotti is the author of two previous works of nonfiction, including Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938, and four novels.

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