Main entry:

Minor, Heather Hyde, 1971-

Title & Author:

The culture of architecture in Enlightenment Rome / Heather Hyde Minor.

Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2010.

Description:

xxiv, 295 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm.

Series:

[Buildings, landscapes, and societies ; 6]

Notes:
Series title and number from book jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Restoration -- The Past as Future: Ecclesiastical History and Christian Antiquity -- 1. San Giovanni in Laterano: How Alessandro Galilei Finished One Controversy Only to Begin Another -- 2. Santa Maria Maggiore: How Pier Filippo Strozzi Tried to Understand the Modern Notion of History and Failed Completely -- 3. The Corsini Chapel: How Giovanni Bottari Used Ecclesiastical History to Write a Book, Build a Chapel, and Vanquish His Enemies -- Part 2. Reform -- Papal Palaces in the Age of Economic Reform -- 4. The Corsini Palace: How Neri Corsini Still Managed to Build One of the Most Extravagant Palaces in Rome -- 5. The Quirinal Hill: How Lione Pascoli Tried to Solve Everything with a List -- Part 3. Renewal -- Building Knowledge: Public Institutions and Learning -- 6. The Capitoline Museum: How Alessandro Gregorio Capponi Finally Convinced Everyone He Was Important -- 7. The Corsini Library: How Giovanni Bottari Got the Last Word -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

"Examines the nexus of learned culture and architecture in the 1730s to 1750s, including major building projects in Rome undertaken by the popes"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780271035642 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0271035641 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Clemens XII, paus, 1652-1740.
Benedictus XIV, paus, 1675-1758.
Galilei, Alessandro, 1691-1737.
Fuga, Ferdinando, 1699-1781.
Architecture and society Italy Rome History 18th century.
Popes Art patronage History 18th century.
Architects and patrons Italy Rome History 18th century.
Architecture et société Italie Rome Histoire 18e siècle.
Papes Mécénat Histoire 18e siècle.
Architectes et mécènes Italie Rome Histoire 18e siècle.
21.62 history of architecture.
02.01 history of science and culture.
Buildings, structures, etc.
Architects and patrons.
Architecture and society.
Buildings.
Popes Art patronage.
Building projects.
Papacy.
Patronage.
Cultural change.
Intellectual history.
Architektur Gesellschaft Rom Geschichte 18. Jh.
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Italy Rome.
Rome.
Rom Architektur Geschichte 18. Jh.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Buildings, landscapes, and societies ; 6.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 267337
Call No.: BIB 199347
Status: Available