The Sistine Chapel
By: text by Frederick Hartt ;  commentary on the plates by Gianluigi Colalucci ; note on the restoration by Fabrizio Mancinelli ; photographs by Takashi Okamura.
Contributors: Hartt, Frederick.; Colalucci, Gianluigi.; Mancinelli, Fabrizio.; Okamura, Takashi, 1927-
Edition: 1st English-language ed.
Publisher: Knopf in association with Nippon Television Network Corp.; Distributed by Random House
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City); Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Conservation and restoration -- Vatican City.; Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Conservation and restoration -- Vatican City.
Description: The composition, in monotype Bembo, was by Michael and Winifred Bixler of Skaneateles, New York.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Translation of: La Cappella Sistina.
"The text was translated by A. Lawrence Jenkens, Jr. with additional translation by Mignon Nixon"--Colophon.