Edited Francesco Buranelli Micol Forti (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. 155 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm. English edition. 'Millions of people visit the Vatican Museums crossing this door every day. Two bilingual editions relate the story of the genesis and realization of the bronze door, work of the sculptor Cecco Bonanotte, that became the new entrance to the Vatican Museums. An intense hymn of praise to the Creation, a vision of the pulsating cosmos of life and harmony in 208 panels. After an historical reconstruction that retraces the entrances used to enter the Vatican Museums from the beginning of the 16th century to 2000, the past gives way to the long phase of study and design of the artist, illustrating the preparatory sketches which led to the current masterpiece: a surface just marked by lines, strokes and scratches, ovoid and concave forms, human element and nature melted in matter. The characteristics of the work and style of its creator are also highlighted through a comparison with other works of this artist intended for the Collection of Modern Religious Art. Nature, Spirituality, Space, Form and Matter accompany the reader up to the actual images, whose expressive power completes this complex and fascinating analysis. Among the qualities of this precious photographic documentation, the richness of details stresses the communicative power of the work of art. Whole page plates on a white or a black background alternate with close-up shots. In the heart of the volume a folding insert shows an impossible observation point: the sculptures of the Popes on the back of the Door, not visible to the visitors.'.