Cover is taupe with gold lettering on spine. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Originally written in Italian, translated by Luisa Sacchi. Lushly illustrated with 100+ color and b/w photos. Book starts with the Jubilee of 1300 and Giotto and makes its way through to the Jubilee of 2000 for Pope John Paul II. And of course, let's not forget that some of the finest art was done for, or purchased by the popes and vatican, so there's good reason to celebrate 700 years of it! Oversized, 6#. ; Photographs; 9 3/4 x 12 1/4; 239 pages; DJ has light edge wear, bumping, some crinkling at top and bottom; in a Brodart cover.

Art;  Art  Collections;  Art  Museums;  Papacy;  Vatican;  Religion;  Religious  Art;  European  Art;  Renaissance  Art;