One. Urbanism: Rotting Cadavers and the New Jerusalem -- Preparing for the Restoration -- Map: Rome circa 1400 -- The First Projects: Nicholas V-Paul III -- The Triumph of Emperor Charles V -- Pius IV -- The New Jerusalem of Sixtus V -- Two. Churches: Harmony of the Spheres and Construction Chaos -- The Renovation of St. Peter's by Nicholas V -- S. Maria del Popolo and S. Pietro in Montorio -- Bramante and Michelangelo: Designs for the New St. Peter's -- Il Gesu -- Three. Palaces: Magnificence and Mayhem -- The Vatican Palace, the Palazzo Venezia, and the Palazzo della Cancelleria -- The Cortile del Belvedere -- The Palazzo Caprini and the Palazzo Branconio d'Aquila -- The Palazzo Massimo delle Colonne -- The Palazzo Farnese -- Four. Altarpieces: Spirit and Matter -- Two Altarpieces of the Early Renaissance -- Raphael: The Sistine Madonna and the Transfiguration -- Sebastiano del Piombo and Parmigianino -- Altarpieces in Rome after the Sack of 1527 -- Michelangelo's Pietas -- Five. Chapel Decoration: Space, Time, and Eternity -- The Chapel of Nicholas V in the Vatican Palace -- The Sistine Chapel: 1475-82 -- The Carafa Chapel, S. Maria sopra Minerva -- The Sistine Chapel: 1508-20 -- The Borgherini Chapel, S. Pietro in Montorio -- The Sistine Chapel: The Last Judgment -- Lay Confraternities and their Oratories -- Six. Halls of State: Arts of Power -- The Stanza d'Eliodoro -- The Sala di Costantino -- The Sala Paolina -- The Sala Regia -- The Sala dei Fasti Farnese -- The Sala dei Capitani -- CONCLUSION 1600 and Beyond.