Beginning in the 1730s, Heather Minor tells us, Rome “began to resemble one huge construction site,” with a series of ambitious and expensive new building campaigns that transformed the face and substance of the city. From renovations of the Santa Maria Maggiore and San Giovanni in Laterano and the restoration of the Arch of Constantine to the creation of the Capitoline Museum and the establishment of the papacy’s Calcografia, the push for reform not only renewed papal and Church identity but also revived Italian culture as a whole. Based on extensive archival research and full of fascinating stories about the often stormy theological and intellectual debates central to the attempts at reform, The Culture of Architecture in Enlightenment Rome brings to life the personalities of architects, theologians, and intellectuals and links the extensive architectural programs with powerful shifts in the intellectual climate of the time.
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Examines the nexus of learned culture and architecture in the 1730s to 1750s, including major building projects in Rome undertaken by the popes.
ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1. RestorationThe Past as Future: Ecclesiastical History and Christian Antiquity1. San Giovanni in Laterano: How Alessandro Galilei Finished One Controversy Only to Begin Another2. Santa Maria Maggiore: How Pier Filippo Strozzi Tried to Understand the Modern Notion of History and Failed Completely3. The Corsini Chapel: How Giovanni Bottari Used Ecclesiastical History to Write a Book, Build a Chapel, and Vanquish His EnemiesPart 2. ReformPapal Palaces in the Age of Economic Reform4. The Corsini Palace: How Neri Corsini Still Managed to Build One of the Most Extravagant Palaces in Rome5. The Quirinal Hill: How Lione Pascoli Tried to Solve Everything with a ListPart 3. RenewalBuilding Knowledge: Public Institutions and Learning6. The Capitoline Museum: How Alessandro Gregorio Capponi Finally Convinced Everyone He Was Important7. The Corsini Library: How Giovanni Bottari Got the Last WordConclusionBibliographyIndex
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“This study makes a considerable contribution to our understanding of eighteenth-century architecture in its cultural and intellectual context.”—Jeffrey Collins,Bard Graduate Center
Buildings, Landscapes, Societies considers the resonating impact of the designed, planned, and built environment on the historical experience of space, place, and community.
Buildings, Landscapes, Societies considers the resonating impact of the designed, planned, and built environment on the historical experience of space, place, and community. Centering mainly on the disciplines of architectural history, history of landscape architecture, and the history of urbanism, works in this series seek to negotiate the relationship between the constructed world and expressions of social, political, and cultural identity.
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ISBN
9780271035642
Publisert
2010-03-22
Utgiver
Vendor
Pennsylvania State University Press
Vekt
1615 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
229 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
G, UU, UP, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
312

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Biographical note

Heather Hyde Minor is Assistant Professor of Architectural History at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. She is the co-editor of The Serpent and the Stylus: Essays on G. B. Piranesi (2006).