Main entry:

Merz, Jörg Martin.

Title & Author:

Pietro da Cortona and Roman Baroque architecture / Jörg Martin Merz ; incorporating a draft by the late Anthony Blunt.

Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, ©2008.

Description:

xii, 362 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-345) and index.
Aerial view of Rome -- Youth and early training -- The Villa Sacchetti at Castelfusano -- Palazzo Barberini -- The Sanctuary of Fortune at Palestrina -- S. Lorenzo in Damaso -- SS. Luca e Martina -- Tombs and altars -- Florentine interlude -- Three decorative cycles -- The Pamphilj mausoleum at the Chiesa Nuova -- The Villa del Pigneto Sacchetti -- The artist's house -- S. Maria della Pace -- The design for a palace on Piazza Colonna -- S. Maria in Via Lata -- The design for the Louvre -- Late ecclesiastical works -- Architecture on paintings, drawings and engravings -- Personality -- Cortona, Bernini, Borromini and tradition -- Influence -- Later reputation.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"At first a successful painter of the Roman Baroque, Pietro (Berrettini) da Cortona soon emerged as an architect of equal stature. This book is the first to focus full attention on Cortona's buildings and projects and to assess his position in Roman Baroque architecture." "The book discusses Cortona's major commissions, particularly SS. Luca e Martina, the Villa del Pigneto, S. Maria della Pace and S. Maria in Via Lata, as well as the designs that remained unbuilt, such as his plans for the Palazzo Pitti in Florence and the Louvre in Paris. The book explores Cortona's relationships and rivalries with other outstanding Roman architects to illuminate the competitive climate in which he worked, and it concludes with a review of his influence and reputation into the twentieth century."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0300111231 (cl ; alk. paper)
9780300111231 (cl ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669 Criticism and interpretation.
Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669
Cortona, Pietro da 1596-1669
Cortona, Pietro da.
Pietro, da Cortona, 1596-1669 Criticism and interpretation.
Villa Sacchetti (Castelfusano, Italy)
Bibel Römerbrief
Architecture, Baroque Italy Rome.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural Italy Rome.
Architecture baroque Italie Rome.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux Italie Rome.
Architecture, Baroque.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Architektur
Italy Rome.
Rom.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Blunt, Anthony, 1907-1983.
Pietro, da Cortona, 1596-1669

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259871
Call No.: BIB 190788
Status: Available