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Index
Cover
Copyright
Contents
Building the Basilica: Time Line
Visual Glossaries
Author’s Note
PART I. THE CHRISTIAN CAESAR 1503–1513
1. The First Stone, April 1506
2. The First St. Peter’s
3. Il Terribilis
4. A Trojan Horse
5. A Surprise Winner
6. Imperial Dimensions
7. Vaulting Ambition
8. Onward Christian Soldiers
9. A Christian Imperium
10. A Viper’s Nest
11. The Death of Julius
PART II.THE DEPLORABLE MEDICI POPES 1513–1534
12. The First Medici Prince
13. An Empty Stage
14. A Roman Candle
15. The Revenge of the Sangallos
16. Salvation for Sale
17. Sweet Revenge
18. A Brief Moment of Truth
19. Medici Redux
PART III. THE MICHELANGLELO IMPERATIVE 1546–1626
20. A Violent Awakening
21. Julius’s Folly
22. Motu Proprio
23. An Immovable Object
24. The Swineherd Who Built Rome
25. Raising the Dome
26. A New Century
27. The Knaves of St. Peter’s
28. 1,300 Years Later
PART IV. BERNINI’S GRAND ILLUSIONS 1623–1667
29. The Romance of the Baroque
30. Full Circle
Epilogue
Appendix I: The Popes from Nicholas V to Alexander VII
Appendix II: Statistics
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
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