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Excellent text and detailed descriptions for each image
Hartt is an interesting writer and points out details that other writers don't.The quality of the color printing and of the paper itself is high.Since I bought this at Amazon marketplace, I consider it a great value.
Nice book, colors could be a tad brighter
I purchased this book recently after having come back from Italy and having seen some of these works of art in person. The books is very nicely put together, a great coffee table piece. The large, thick pages really make the book feel sturdy. The only thing that I found a minor issue with is that the color plates of the paintings should be brighter. An example, the painting of the Doni Madonna was much more bright and colorful than is depicted in the book. In real life even the old paintings in the Sistine Chapel pop out at you (see the Delphic Sybil for another example).
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Subjects:  1. 1475-1564    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Criticism and interpretation    5. European    6. History - Renaissance    7. Individual Artist    8. Michelangelo Buonarroti,    9. Mural painting and decoration,    10. Mural painting and decoration, Italian    11. Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance    12. Vatican City    13. Art / Individual Artist    14. High Renaissance (c 1500-1530)    15. Individual artists   

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The hidden genocide
This book is about a secret episode of the 20th century history. Never to be forgotten
I never wrote an review before but i couldnt stop myself now.After reading some of the 1 star reviews i was bursting with anger! It certanly seems that Croatians (only they could rate this brilliant work with 1 star) are trying to discredit this book and reduce its star rating, thinking that in that way somehow they would be able to hide their dark and evil past from a public spotlight. It is so clear and obvious that most of them have never even read this book, they have nothing to say about substance, but they are rather inventing fairytales about author, reducing numbers of victims by quoting only "Croatian sources" or blaming "everything on Serbian propaganda". So, as a Spanish Catholic, who has served 3 years in UN peacekeeping force in Balkans i will tell you that this book is extraordinary! Author is not a "Serb communist" but rather a Yugoslav Jew, greatly respected all over the world.He was a visiting professor of history at Cornell, Brandeis, Harvard, and the University of Michigan. He was also a member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and president of the Bertrand Russell Tribunal of Human Rights in the Federal German Republic.
Don't waste your time with it:
Written by a Serbian with strong links to Communism.
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Subjects:  1. Atrocities    2. Catholic Church    3. Croatia    4. Foreign Relations    5. History    6. History - General History    7. History: World    8. Holocaust    9. Jasenovac (Concentration camp)    10. Jewish Holocaust    11. Sources    12. World War, 1939-1945    13. Central government policies    14. Europe    15. European history: Second World War    16. International relations    17. Jewish studies    18. The Holocaust    19. World history: Second World War   

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Small gift art book
A Host of Angels is a small gift volume in the Treasures of the VaticanLIbrary Series.It consists of illuminations and illustrations related tothe cross from books in the Vatican library.There is no explanatory oridentifying text; the art is often accompanied by a short scripturalpassage related to the art.The art is well chosen and reproduced.Forthose who are primarily visual, this is an excellent meditative book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Angels in art    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Calligraphy    5. History - General    6. Illumination of books and manuscripts    7. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval    8. Vatican City   

Subjects:  1. 1876-1958    2. 1918-1945    3. Catholic Church    4. Christianity - Catholicism    5. Christianity - History - Catholic    6. Europe    7. History    8. History & Theory - General    9. Holocaust    10. Military - World War II    11. Pius    12. Politics and government    13. Pope,    14. Religion    15. Religion - Classic Works    16. Roman Catholic Church    17. World War II - Europe    18. World War, 1939-1945    19. XII,    20. History / Modern / 20th Century    21. Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church    22. Second World War, 1939-1945   

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Rome and Africa
For those of us who read Augustine mainly for his philosophical and theological thought, it is easy to forget that he was a busy bishop and that as bishop he was involved as judge in many--and in some instances messy--cases of canon law as it was emerging in the African church in the late fourth and fifth centuries. For those of us who were coerced into some formal study of canon law, it is easy to forget that the various canons were often developed as the result of quite interesting concrete cases. Jane Merdinger focuses upon several examples of cases before ecclesiastical courts in Augustine's Africa as a means of illustrating the evolving relationship of the African church and the Apostolic See, not in doctrinal matters on which they generally agreed, but in practical matters of law on which there was often enough conflict. Read more

Subjects:  1. Africa, North    2. Christianity - History - General    3. Church history    4. Early Church (To 476)    5. Early church, ca. 30-600    6. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor    7. History    8. History of doctrines    9. Popes    10. Primacy    11. Religion    12. Religion - Church History    13. Religion - General    14. Africa    15. African history: BCE to c 500 CE    16. European history: BCE to c 500 CE    17. Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church    18. Vatican   

Subjects:  1. (1962-1965)    2. (2nd :    3. 1962-1965)    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Christianity - Catholicism    6. Christianity - History - Catholic    7. Religion    8. Religious    9. Vatican Council    10. Ecclesiology & Church government    11. Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church   

Subjects:  1. Travel    2. Europe - Italy    3. Rome    4. Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano    5. History    6. Audio - Travel    7. Reference - Guides (General)   

Subjects:  1. 1475-1564    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Cappella Sistina (Vatican Pala    5. Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)    6. Criticism and interpretation    7. Friends and associates    8. History - General    9. Individual Artist    10. Individual Painters - Renaissance    11. Michelangelo Buonarroti,    12. Individual artists    13. Michelangelo Buonarroti   

Subjects:  1. Christianity - Christian Life - Political Issues    2. Christianity - History - Catholic    3. International Relations - Diplomacy    4. Religion - Classic Works    5. Diplomacy   

Subjects:  1. Europe - General    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History: World    5. European history: from c 1900 -    6. Fascism & Nazism    7. History / Europe / General    8. Inter-war period, 1918-1939    9. Italy   

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Creating Communion:Theology of the Constitutionsof theChurch
As a theology student I have had Father Markey as a professor. He is brilliant and anything that he would have to say or write about the church will be well thought out, grounded in sound doctrine, and deeply informative.Read this book!Know the Constitutional documents of our church!Be an informed parishioner! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. (2nd :    2. 1962-1965)    3. 20th century    4. Catholic Church    5. Christianity - Ritual & Practice    6. Christianity - Theology - Catholic    7. Christianity - Theology - Ecclesiology    8. Church    9. Doctrines    10. General    11. History    12. History of doctrines    13. Religion    14. Religion - Classic Works    15. Vatican Council    16. Religion / General   

Subjects:  1. (2nd :    2. 1962-1965)    3. 1965-    4. 20th century    5. Catholic Church    6. Christianity - Catholicism    7. Christianity - Theology - Catholic    8. Doctrines    9. History    10. Political Science    11. Politics/International Relations    12. Public Policy - Economic Policy    13. Religion    14. Religion - Classic Works    15. Roman Catholic Church    16. Vatican Council    17. Religion / Church History   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Calligraphy    4. History - General    5. Illumination of books and manuscripts    6. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval    7. Jesus Christ    8. Vatican City   

Subjects:  1. (1st :    2. 1869-1870)    3. Catholic Church    4. Christianity - Canon & Ecclesiastical Law    5. Christianity - Church Administration - General    6. Christianity - Theology - General    7. Doctrines    8. History of doctrines    9. Infallibility    10. Leadership    11. Popes    12. Religion    13. Religion - Christian Life    14. Vatican Council    15. Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. History - General   

Subjects:  1. Catholic Church    2. Christianity - Catholicism    3. Church history    4. History    5. Religion    6. Religion - Classic Works   

Subjects:  1. Christian education    2. Christian education of adults    3. Christianity - Theology - History    4. Philosophy    5. Religion    6. Religion - Theology    7. Spirituality - General    8. Christian religious instruction    9. Christian spiritual & Church leaders   

Subjects:  1. Catholicism    2. Church History    3. Catholic traditionalist movement    4. Church and state    5. Freedom of religion    6. Murray, John Courtney    7. Vatican Council   

Subjects:  1. Christianity - History - Catholic    2. Europe - General    3. Europe - Great Britain - General    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Military - World War II    8. British & Irish history: Second World War    9. History / Europe / General    10. International relations    11. Second World War, 1939-1945    12. United Kingdom, Great Britain    13. Vatican    14. World War, 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history   

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THIS IS A VERY INTRESTING BOOK-I LIKED IT
THIS IS A BOOK THAT WILL DEFINETLYTEACH YOU ALOT ABOUT ART.BUTI REALLY DON'T THINK THAT THE AUTHOR REALLY KNEW WHAT HE WAS SAYING. THE BOOK DIDN'T HAVE A REAL POINT

Good Riddance, Waldemar Januszczak
I picked up this book at the library while searching for information on the restoration of the Sistine Chapel. Despite the claims of the beautifully designed jacket, this book has nothing to do with anything but Janusczcak's love affair with his own writing. The information relevant to Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel, Nippon Television, or the restoration process could have been condensed into less than thirty pages. To be fair, I slogged through the entire book, and now I'll never get those minutes of my life back.SAYONARA MICHELANGELO is a celebration of onanistic writing. Facts seem to be nothing more than ornamentation for Januszczak's (deep) purple flights of fancy. This is not a resource for anything but Waldemar's little fantasies, and as a novel, the plot's kinda thin.Save your shekels for one of Amazon's many other fine offerings. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Cappella Sistina (Vatican Pala    4. Conservation and restoration    5. European    6. History - European    7. History - General    8. Individual Artist    9. Michelangelo Buonarroti,    10. Mural painting and decoration    11. Mural painting and decoration,    12. Mural painting and decoration, Italian    13. Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance    14. Vatican City    15. Architecture    16. Europe