INTRODUCTION
Patronage and Popes: Saints or Sinners?
ONE Urbanism: Rotting Cadavers and the New Jerusalem
Preparing for the Restoration
Map: Rome circa 1400
The First Projects: Nicholas V-Paul III
The Triumph of Emperor Charles V
Pius IV
The New Jerusalem of Sixtus V
TWO Churches: Harmony of the Spheres and Construction Chaos
The Renovation of St. Peter's by Nicholas V
S. Maria del Popolo and S. Pietro in Montorio
Bramante and Michelangelo: Designs for the New St. Peter's
Il GesA'
THREE Palaces: Magnificence and Mayhem
The Vatican Palace, the Palazzo Venezia, and the Palazzo della Cancelleria
The Cortile del Belvedere
The Palazzo Caprini and the Palazzo Branconio d'Aquila
The Palazzo Massimo delle Colonne
The Palazzo Farnese
FOUR Altarpieces: Spirit and Matter
Two Altarpieces of the Early Renaissance
Raphael: The Sistine Madonna and the Transfiguration
Sebastiano del Piombo and Parmigianino
Altarpieces in Rome after the Sack of 1527
Michelangelo's Pietas
FIVE Chapel Decoration: Space, Time, and Eternity
The Chapel of Nicholas V in the Vatican Palace
The Sistine Chapter: 1475-82
The Carafa Chapel, S. Maria sopra Minerva
The Sistine Chapel: 1508-20
The Borgherini Chapel, S. Pietro in Montorio
The Sistine Chapel: The Last Judgement
Lay Confraternities and their Oratorios
SIX Halls of State: Arts of Power
The Stanza D'Eliodoro
The Sala di Costantino
The Sala Paolina
The Sala Regia
The Sala dei Fasti Farnese
The Sala dei Capitani
CONCLUSION 1600 and Beyond
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