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FREEBIE: Vatican Apostolic Library (ALL)

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Saturday, December 30, 2023 | 2 comments


The Vatican Apostolic Library is digitizing valuable ancient religious manuscripts, putting them online for the first time.

All of the content is available for free.

Originally founded in 1451 AD, the Library holds over 80,000 manuscripts, prints, drawings, plates, and books printed before 1500 AD.

Written throughout history by people who had different faiths or religions, from all over the world.

Paintings, religious iconography, and books are being published online, as well as letters from important historical figures, drawings, and notes by artists and scientists such as Michelangelo and Galileo, as well as treaties from all eras in history.

Click to view the Vatican Library
(Worldwide)

Image: Vatican: All the Paintings: The Complete Collection of Old Masters, Plus More than 300 Sculptures, Maps, Tapestries, and other Artifacts | Hardcover: 542 pages | by Anja Grebe (Author), Ross King (Foreword) | Publisher: Black Dog and Leventhal; SLP HAR/DV edition (November 12, 2013)

Vatican: All the Paintings: The Complete Collection of Old Masters, Plus More than 300 Sculptures, Maps, Tapestries, and other Artifacts

-- Explore the stunning art collection of the Vatican with this deluxe slipcased edition of the New York Times bestseller, The Vatican: All the Paintings. 

The Vatican is home to numerous museums and palaces, all of which contain one of the finest art collections in the world. This comprehensive book features every painting and fresco on display in the Vatican museums by the Old Masters, as well as a selection of over 300 other works of art, including modern paintings, sculptures, tapestries, and other artifacts. 

 The book is organized into 22 sections, each representing a different museum or area of the Vatican, such as the Pinacoteca (painting gallery), the Sistine Chapel, the Raphael Rooms, the Borgia Apartments, the Vatican Palaces, and St. Peter’s Basilica. 

It includes 976 works of art from various periods, including ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, religious and secular art, and even a selection of 20th-century art and artifacts. Art historian Anja Grebe has illuminated 180 of the most iconic and significant works of art in the book, discussing their key attributes. 

 This slipcased edition also includes an introduction by Ross King, the bestselling author of Brunelleschi's Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling. It is a must-have for every art lover, student, and armchair traveler.
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2 comments

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