Bernini's Scala Regia at the Vatican Palace. Architecture, Sculpture, and Ritual, 1997, 352 p. -

Table of Contents : 1. A tour of the monument; 2. The palace entrance and stairs during the Renaissance; 3. Paul V's new palace entrance; 4. Bernini's designs from Colonnade to Corridor, 1656-59; 5. Bernini's designs for the North Corridor, 1659-62; 6. Bernini's staircase, 1663-66; 7. The design and execution of Bernini's statue of Constantine, 12654-1670; 8. Meanings of the Constantine imagery; 9. Iconographic, ritual, and historical contexts for the ensemble.