Loren Partridge
The Art of Renaissance in Rome 1[zasłonięte]400-16
London 1996
Stron 184, format: 16,5x23,5 cm
97 kolorowych i 19 czarno-białych ilustracji
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Rome, as the adage has it, was not built in a day. This magnificent city, one of the world's most beautiful, is a many-layered composite of ancient and modern. But the city as we know it is largely a creation of the Renaissance, rebuilt from a neglected medieval town under the patronage of two great rival political and religious powers: the popes and clergy on the one hand and the Roman nobility on the other. Between them they commissioned the extraordinary works of art and architecture we see today - churches, palaces, and villas; paintings, frescoes, fountains, and sculptures, including such treasures as St. Peter's and the Sistine Chapel. Rome and its art were a virtual field of battle in the struggle for power and prestige. Above all, the city itself was restructured in one of the greatest urban-development projects in history. Streets, piazzas, boulevards, and vistas were built, creating a new Rome in the image of an ideal heavenly and secular city. Designed according to the new aesthetics of the Renaissance and the classical principles of symmetry, balance, and harmony, Rome itself became a work of art. This illuminating new book views a great and ancient city with fresh eyes.
Contents
Map: Renaissance Rome 6
INTRODUCTION Patronage and Popes: Saints or Sinners? 9 !
ONE Urbanism: Rotting Cadavers and the New Jerusalem 19
Preparing for the Restoration 19 Map: Rome circa 1400 20 The First Projects: Nicholas V-Paul III 22 – The Triumph of Emperor Charles V 26 Pius IV 32 The New Jerusalem of Sixtus V 32
TWO Churches: Harmony of the Spheres and Construction Chaos 43
The Renovation of St. Peter's by Nicholas V 43 S. Maria del Popolo and S. Pietro in Montorio 45 Bramante and Michelangelo: Designs for the New St. Peter's 50 II Gesu 56
THREE Palaces: Magnificence and Mayhem 61
The Vatican Palace, the Palazzo Venezia, and the Palazzo della Cancelleria 61 The Corile del Belvedere 68 The Palazzo Caprini and the Palazzo Branconio d'Aquila 69 The Palazzo Massimo délie Colonne 72 The Palazzo Farnese 73
FOUR Altarpieces: Spirit and Matter 79
Two Altarpieces of the Early Renaissance 80
Raphael: The Sistine Madonna and the Transfiguration 86 Sebastiano del Piombo and Parmigianino 92
Altarpieces in Rome after the Sack of 1527 96 Michelangelo's Pietàs 101
FIVE Chapel Decoration: Space, Time, and Eternity 109
The Chapel of Nicholas V in the Vatican Palace 112
The Sistine Chapel: 1[zasłonięte]475-825 The Carafa Chapel, S. Maria sopra Minerva 118 Sbrine The Sistine Chapel: 1[zasłonięte]508-200 The Borgherini Chapel, S. Pietro in Montorio 131 The Sistine Chapel: The Last Judgment 133 Lay Confraternities and their Oratories 136
SIX Halls of State: Arts of Power 145
The Stanza d'Eliodoro 148 The Sala di Costantino 152 The Sala Paolina 159 The Sala Regia 162 The Sala dei Fasti Farnese 167 The Sala dei Capitani 170
CONCONCLUSION 1600 and Beyond 173
TIMELINE 174
Renaissance popes 176
Bibliography 176
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