Papal Art and Cultural Politics
Papal Art and Cultural Politics
Rome in the Age of Clement XI
Christopher M. S. Johns
September 1993
Unavailable - out of print April 1998
Hardback
9780521416399
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Hardback
This book examines the intellectual, cultural, political, and social context of papal art during the first quarter of the eighteenth century. Separating the early eighteenth century from the context that created the Roman Baroque, this study posits that the cultural programme of Pope Clement XI Albani redirected papal art patronage away from individualism and toward the institutional emphasis that still characterises the Papacy as a cultural and spiritual entity. This book will be of interest to historians of Italian art, architecture, culture, and preservation as well as to those interested in the history of the Papacy and Italian intellectualism.
Product details
September 1993Hardback
9780521416399
285 pages
262 × 213 × 22 mm
1.116kg
115 b/w illus.
Unavailable - out of print April 1998
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Gianfrancesco Albani: an intellectual and cultural biography
- 2. Art, science and ideas in the Rome of Clement XI
- 3. Papal art and patronage and the early Christian revival
- 4. The Albani works at Saint Peter's and Saint John Lateran
- 5. The Albani restorations of early Christian basilicas: San Clemente, Santa Maria in Cosmedin and Santa Maria in Montecelli
- 6. The art patronage of Clement XI: minor projects
- 7. The Albani chapel in San Sebastino Fuori le Mura
- 8. Roman urbanism under Clement XI
- Conclusion
- Appendix I: The Lateran nave
- Appendix II: The San Clemente nave
- Appendix III: Supplica, from Santa Maria in Monticelli
- Selected bibliography
- Bibliographic addenda.
