Chapels of the Cinquecento and Seicento in the churches of Rome : form, function, meaning
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Chapels of the Cinquecento and Seicento in the churches of Rome : form, function, meaning
Officina libraria, c2020
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-261) and indexes
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"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.
Table of Contents
9 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
by "Nielsen BookData"