| Originally produced in 1997 on the threshold of the Third Millennium of the Christian Era, and in celebration of the Jubilee of the Year of Our Lord 2000, THE VATICAN MUSEUMS was the culmination of three years of research and filming, the collaboration of thirty-two scholars and historians from around the world, a crew of forty directors of photography, operators, and lighting technicians, state-of-the-art digital cinematography, lighting, animation, and computerized editing, and the work of a famous composer with original performances by master musicians.
Now available on DVD for the first time, this historic three-disc collection features seven hours of magnificent documentary film that illuminates and chronicles the great journey of the human spirit. Here then is the world’s most spectacular and sacred repository of art, history, and faith.
Produced by the Edizioni Musei Vaticani, Vatican City State
Directed by Luca De Mata
Original Music by Stelvio Cipriani
Music copyright held by Edizioni Musei Vaticani, Bixio c.e.m.s.a.
Scientific Direction by the Vatican Museums
Written by Professor Carlo Pietrangeli, the Trappist Nuns of Vitorchiano,
Pietro Amato, Fabrizio Bisconti, Francesco Buranelli, Mario Ferrazza,
Paolo Liverani, Jozef Penkowski, Orazio Petrosillo, & Alessandra Uncini
DISC I
Chapter 1 • HISTORY of the MUSEUMS
Chapter 2 • GREEK ART in the VATICAN MUSEUMS
Chapter 3 • ROMAN ART
Chapter 4 • The EGYPTIAN MUSEUM
Chapter 5 • The ETRUSCAN MUSEUM
DISC II
Chapter 6 • The ORIGINS of CHRISTIAN ART
Chapter 7 • The SISTINE CHAPEL
Chapter 8 • The RAPHAEL ROOMS & The LOGGIA
Chapter 9 • The HISTORICAL MUSEUM at ST. JOHN LATERAN
Chapter 10 • The ETHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM
DISC III
Chapter 11 • The PICTURE GALLERY
Chapter 12 • The COLLECTION of MODERN RELIGIOUS ART
Chapter 13 • The APOSTOLIC PALACE
Chapter 14 • VATICAN CITY
Chapter 15 •The GREAT BASILICA
Three DVD Set - 410 minutes |