书名：The Sistine Chapel: Paradise in Rome / 西斯廷教堂：罗马的天堂
定价：180.0
ISBN：9781606065532
作者：Ulrich Pfisterer
版次：1
出版时间：2018-08

内容提要：

书名：The Sistine Chapel: Paradise in Rome / 西斯廷教堂：罗马的天堂

作者：Ulrich Pfisterer

出版：Getty Conservation Institute ，2018

装帧：平装，184页

语种：英文

尺寸：13.9*19 cm

 

 

西斯廷教堂的艺术是由一群相互竞争的艺术家们创作而成，并由同样充满竞争意识的教皇们委托制作，它是一张交织着主题、年代和艺术风格的复杂网络。在1481年至1541年间，共有四次主要的装饰工程对教堂进行了装饰，每一次新增的装饰都让基本主题得到了越来越具体的表达。其中一个贯穿始终的主题在教堂中扮演着核心角色：即象征教皇权威合法性的两把钥匙——一把银钥匙，一把金钥匙——它们代表着通往天国的权力。

 

《西斯廷教堂：罗马的天堂》一书是对西斯廷教堂历史的简洁而富有信息量的阐述。乌尔里希·菲斯特勒（Ulrich Pfisterer）在剖析这段复杂历史的过程中，揭示了这些图像在神学、政治以及艺术家们自身意图方面的惊人统一性，这些艺术家中包括波提切利、米开朗基罗和拉斐尔等家喻户晓的名字。通过对西斯廷教堂主要装饰工程的研究，菲斯特勒认为，这些艺术将教堂变成了一条通往上帝之国的道路，赋予了教皇们绝对的权威以合法性。该书原版为德语，在翻译家大卫·多伦迈耶（David Dollenmayer）的巧妙笔触下，英文译本同样生动传神。

 

The art of the Sistine Chapel, decorated by artists who competed with one another and commissioned by popes who were equally competitive, is a complex fabric of thematic, chronological, and artistic references. Four main campaigns were undertaken to decorate the chapel between 1481 and 1541, and with each new addition, fundamental themes found increasingly concrete expression. One overarching theme plays a central role in the chapel: the legitimization of papal authority, as symbolized by two keys—one silver, one gold—to the kingdom of heaven.

 

The Sistine Chapel: Paradise in Rome is a concise, informative account of the Sistine Chapel. In unpacking this complex history, Ulrich Pfisterer reveals the remarkable unity of the images in relation to theology, politics, and the intentions of the artists themselves, who included such household names as Botticelli, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Through a study of the main campaigns to adorn the Sistine Chapel, Pfisterer argues that the art transformed the chapel into a pathway to the kingdom of God, legitimizing the absolute authority of the popes. First published in German, the prose comes to life in English in the deft hands of translator David Dollenmayer.