The Altars and Altarpieces of New St. Peter's
Outfitting the Basilica, 16211666 (Monuments of Papal Rome)
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Word Count
124,000 words, Guess
Page Count
496 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7746179M
- ISBN-139780521554701
- ISBN-100521554705
- OCLC Control Number35318239
- Library of Congress Control Number96036272
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- LibraryThing506974
- Goodreads718288
Classifications
- LCCN7952.57.A1 R5 1997
- DDC726/.5291
Description
Following the completion of the construction of new St. Peter's in the first quarter of the seventeenth century, a series of monumental altarpieces was commissioned to decorate its altars. The leading artists of the day contributed to the project - among them Algardi, Bernini, Cortona, Domenichino, Guercino, Lanfranco, Poussin, Sacchi, Vouet, and Valentin - and the works they produced include many of the most celebrated masterpieces of the Roman Baroque. Here for the first time the altarpieces of St. Peter's are considered collectively, within the liturgical and artistic program of the building as a whole. The book offers a comprehensive analysis of this critical chapter in the history of Italian Baroque art and provides insight into the mechanisms, motives, and meanings of papal patronage in the premier church of Catholicism.
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