The Sistine Secrets : Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican By Blech, Benjamin / Doliner, Roy Publisher : Harperone Published Date : 2009/05 Binding : Paperback ISBN : 9780061469053 BookWeb Price : MYR 78.05 Kinokuniya Privilege Card member price : MYR 70.25 Availability Status : Our fulfillment centre has the item in stock. Usually dispatches within 3 working days. Language : English

 
Foreword                                           vii
Preface                                            xv
BOOK ONE In the Beginning
  1  What Is the Sistine Chapel?                   3
  2  The Lost Language of Art                      23
  3  A Rebel Is Born                               41
  4  A Very Special Education                      46
  5  Out of the Garden and into the World          74
  6  As Fate Would Have It                         104
BOOK TWO A Private Tour of the Sistine Temple
  7  Crossing the Threshold                        129
  8  The Vault of Heaven                           137
  9  The House of David                            144
  10 The Four Corners of the Universe              157
  11 A Company of Prophets                         168
  12 The Middle Path                               187
  13 Parting Shots                                 213
BOOK THREE Beyond the Ceiling
  14 Back on the Scene                             235
  15 Secrets of The Last Judgment                  248
  16 Later Secrets                                 273
  17 "A World Transfigured"                        282
Conclusion: So, What Is the Sistine Chapel?        292
Acknowledgments                                    307
Notes                                              309
Bibliography                                       311
Illustration Credits                               312
Index                                              313