1.0ACC Art Books UShttps://www.accartbooks.com/usACC Art Books UShttps://www.accartbooks.com/usrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iBuHdZHwWd"><a href="https://www.accartbooks.com/us/book/the-basilica-of-santa-maria-maggiore/">The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.accartbooks.com/us/book/the-basilica-of-santa-maria-maggiore/embed/#?secret=iBuHdZHwWd" width="600" height="338" title="“The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore” — ACC Art Books US" data-secret="iBuHdZHwWd" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.accartbooks.com/us/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.accartbooks.com/app/uploads/books/9791280717146-04-2.jpg14001720For the first time in its centuries-long history, The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is presented here in never-before-seen gigapixel and 1:1 scale photography. Text in English and Italian.Editorial Note Federico Ferrari Foreword Card. Rolandas Makrickas Introduction Andreas Raub THE BASILICA “Virgin Mary, to You I, Sixtus”. The Basilica of Sixtus III (432-440) Sible De Blaauw Locus mirabilis. Nicholas IV (1288-1292) at Santa Maria Maggiore Andreas Raub The Nativity Scene by Arnolfo di Cambio Sante Guido Snow, Marble, Gold. The Transformation of the Basilica in the Fifteenth Century Arnold Nesselrath The Sforza and Cesi Chapels Vitale Zanchettin The Chapel of Sixtus V (1585-1590). From Family Mausoleum to Monumental Reliquary Patrizia Tosini The Chapel of Paulus V (1605-1621). Throne Room of the Virgin and Gateway to Heaven Fabio Barry Benedict XIV (1740-1758). “A most felicitous outcome” Elisabeth Kieven The Basilica from the Nineteenth to Twenty-First Centuries Sante Guido THE POLO MUSEALE LIBERIANO Introduction Andreas Raub The Archaeological Area Olof Brandt The Façade Mosaics Andreas Raub The Chapter House Andreas Raub The Museum Andreas Raub Bibliography