{"product_id":"the-culture-of-architecture-in-enlightenment-rome-buildings-landscapes-and-societies-series-6-9780271035642","title":"The Culture of Architecture in Enlightenment Rome","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamines the nexus of learned culture and architecture in the 1730s to 1750s, including major building projects in Rome undertaken by the popes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This study makes a considerable contribution to our understanding of eighteenth-century architecture in its cultural and intellectual context.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Jeffrey Collins,Bard Graduate Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThe Culture of Architecture in Enlightenment Rome\u003c\/i\u003e] has a very specific subject and is argued with great clarity: it deals with seven architectural commissions ordered by the popes Clement XII Corsini (reg. 1730–40) and Benedict XIV Lambertini (reg. 1740–58), the expression of a cultural flowering that related to the reformist currents of Roman intellectual society of the day. . . . . [Hyde Minor has] introduced new critical boundaries for the understanding of the cultural context of eighteenth-century Roman architecture.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Tommaso Manfredi \u003ci\u003eThe Burlington Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Filled with discussions of taste, doctrine, ecclesiastical history, familial strife, archaeology, and book history. . . . Minor has arrayed a rich feast of information around the architecture of papal Rome in the eighteenth century. She brilliantly resurrects the aspirant ambitions of popes, scholars, and architects that built in order to keep Rome a centre of art and learning.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Robin Thomas \u003ci\u003eEAHN Newsletter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a readable, amiable narrative bursting with information relating to an impressive range of subjects. Minor’s laudable determination to relate architecture to the world unfolding around it means that the level of contextual scene-setting goes far beyond what one normally encounters in books of this sort. . . . In the end, her book succeeds at the difficult task of offering both an engaging entry point for scholars new to the topic and a stimulating synthetic interpretation for those already involved with it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Richard Wittman \u003ci\u003eCAA Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1. Restoration\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Past as Future: Ecclesiastical History and Christian Antiquity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\tSan Giovanni in Laterano: How Alessandro Galilei Finished One Controversy Only to Begin Another\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.\tSanta Maria Maggiore: How Pier Filippo Strozzi Tried to Understand the Modern Notion of History and Failed Completely\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.\tThe Corsini Chapel: How Giovanni Bottari Used Ecclesiastical History to Write a Book, Build a Chapel, and Vanquish His Enemies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2. Reform\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePapal Palaces in the Age of Economic Reform\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.\tThe Corsini Palace: How Neri Corsini Still Managed to Build One of the Most Extravagant Palaces in Rome\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.\tThe Quirinal Hill: How Lione Pascoli Tried to Solve Everything with a List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3. Renewal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding Knowledge: Public Institutions and Learning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.\tThe Capitoline Museum: How Alessandro Gregorio Capponi Finally Convinced Everyone He Was Important\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.\tThe Corsini Library: How Giovanni Bottari Got the Last Word\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400783929687,"sku":"9780271035642","price":92.61,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-culture-of-architecture-in-enlightenment-rome-buildings-landscapes-and-societies-series-6-9780271035642","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}