Papal art and cultural politics : Rome in the age of Clement XI /

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Author / Creator:Johns, Christopher M. S. author
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : University of Cambridge Press, 1993.
Description:xiv, 269 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1382510
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ISBN:0521416396
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.