VATICAN ART FOR HOME SHOPPERS.Byline: Knight-Ridder Tribune News Wire Vatican Museum: Musei Vaticani - the Museums of the Vatican - are an amazing repository of paintings, sculptures, ornamentation, frescoes, ancient artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. and architectural elements. Much of it is religious in nature, but not all. Now there's a catalog filled with a variety of decorative items, mostly for the home, based on pieces and designs in the collections of the Vatican Museums. These include: a hinged four-panel screen reproducing Michelangelo's "Libyan Sibyl" from the Sistine Chapel ceiling The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. The ceiling is that of the large Sistine Chapel built within the Vatican by Pope Sixtus IV, begun in 1477 and finished by 1480. , $2,995; an Etruscan wall sconce, $49; a 12-ounce glass etched with St. Mark's winged lion, $15; green cotton velvet throw pillows embroidered em·broi·der v. em·broi·dered, em·broi·der·ing, em·broi·ders v.tr. 1. To ornament with needlework: embroider a pillow cover. 2. in gold with the word faith or hope, $20; a set of four prints reproducing the angel paintings of Melozzo da Forli framed in gilded gild 1 tr.v. gild·ed or gilt , gild·ing, gilds 1. To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold. 2. To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to. 3. wood, $279; and a 9-inch-high porcelain vase decorated with the central image of Federico Barocci's "Rest on the Flight Into Egypt The flight into Egypt describes an event in the Gospel of Matthew (2:13-23), in which Joseph fled to Egypt with his wife Mary and Jesus, after the visit of the Magi. ," $129. The catalog is free on request by calling (800) 429-2933 or writing to Collections of the Vatican Museums, 3342 Melrose Ave., Roanoke, Va. 24017. |
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