Books by Dr Ross King

Even in an age of soaring skyscrapers and cavernous sports stadiums, the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, with its immense, terracotta-tiled cupola, retains a rare power to astonish. This book tells the story of how the cupola was raised, from its conception to its consecration.

In 1508 Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.