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Book Synopsis"Seldom does a collection of art history essays leave readers yearning for a second volume..."—Barbara Wisch, Renaissance Quarterly
Roman church interiors throughout the Early Modern age were endowed with rich historical and visual significance. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in anticipation of and following the Council of Trent, and in response to the expansion of the Roman Curia, the chapel became a singular arena in which wealthy and powerful Roman families, as well as middle-class citizens, had the opportunity to demonstrate their status and role in Roman society. In most cases the chapels were conceived not as isolated spaces, but as part of a more complex system, which involved the nave and the other chapels within the church, in a dialogue among the arts and the patrons of those other spaces. This volume explores this historical and artistic phenomenon through a number of examples involving the patronage of prominent Roman families such as the Chigis, Spadas, Caetanis, Cybos and important artists and architects such as Federico Zuccari, Giacomo della Porta, Carlo Maderno, Alessandro Algardi, Pietro da Cortona, Carlo Maratta.
Trade Review“This is undoubtedly a valuable publication with much to offer scholars of early modern Rome and of visual and material cultures of devotion more broadly.” -- Karen J. Lloyd, CAA Reviews
"Seldom does a collection of art history essays leave readers yearning for a second volume. Beautifully produced with stunning color images, although lacking sufficient comparative illustrations, Chapels of the Cinquecento and Seicento in the Churches of Rome presents nine resplendent examples—some little studied, others well known but newly interpreted." - Barbara Wisch, Renaissance Quarterly
Table of Contents9 Chapels: An Introduction Chiara Franceschini, Steven F. Ostrow, and Patrizia Tosini 16 Map of the Churches 18 The Frangipani Chapel in San Marcello: Farnesian Devotion, Antiquarian Taste, and Municipal Pride Patrizia Tosini 40 Between all’Antica and Acheiropoieton: The Cappella Gregoriana in the Ekphrases of Lorenzo Frizolio (1582) and Ascanio Valentino (1583) Fabio Barry 64 Caetani’s Blood: Magnificence, Lineage, and Martyrdom in the Family Chapel of Santa Pudenziana Enrico Parlato 88 “A Gem Set in Most Resplendent Gold”: Girolamo Rusticucci’s Confessio Chapel in Santa Susanna Steven F. Ostrow 112 A Splendid Shrine for an Ugly Image: Visual Interactions in the Salviati Chapel at San Gregorio al Celio Chiara Franceschini 146 Carving Out Identity: The Boncompagni Family, Alessandro Algardi, and the Chapel in the Sacristy of Santa Maria in Vallicella Guendalina Serafinelli 166 The Angelic Balustrade of the Spada Chapel in San Girolamo della Carità Louise Rice 190 The Arm Relic as Index of the Body: The Chapel of Francis Xavier in the Gesù Alison C. Fleming and Stephanie C. Leone 212 A Chapel in Dialogue: The Cybo Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo Fabrizio Federici 240 List of Abbreviations 241 Bibliography 262 Contributors 264 Index of Names 268 Index of Places 271 Photo Credits
