Publisher's Synopsis
This magnificently illustrated book, The Pauline Chapel, the private chapel of the Apostolic Palaces, built in 1537, accurately describes all the phases of the complex restoration works, providing a more advanced understanding of its historical, iconographic and stylistic value. An appendix dedicated to the liturgical furnishings of the Pauline Chapel concludes the volume. Numerous images and tipped-in color plates, linked to the essays, illustrate the development of the restoration works through images showing the chapel "before" and "after" intervention.
