Art and spirituality in counter reformation Rome : the Sistine and Pauline chapels in S. Maria Maggiore / Steven F. Ostrow.

By: Ostrow, Steven F .

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BookSeries: Monuments of papal Rome.Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996Description: xxi, 385 p. : ill(some col.) ; 27 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0521470315.Subject(s): Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590 -- Art patronage | Paul V, Pope, 1552-1621 -- Art patronage | Capella Sistina (Santa Maria Maggiore (Church : Rome, Italy)) | Capella Paolina (Santa Maria Maggiore (Church : Rome, Italy)) | Art, Italian -- Italy -- Rome

| Art, Renaissance -- Italy -- Rome

| Art, Baroque -- Italy -- Rome

DDC classification: 759.5

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Lending	MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending	759.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00052880

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Unprecedented in their scale, richness of decoration and multiple functions, the Sistine and Pauline Chapels represent two of the most complex public monuments built in the papal capital during the Counter-Reformation period. Art and Spirituality in Counter-Reformation Rome offers an interdisciplinary study of the chapels, providing an interpretive reading of their artistic programs as an expression of their patrons' personal spirituality and of the larger institutional concerns of the papacy as it confronted the Protestant challenge. Viewed within their religious, political, and social contexts, the historical meaning of the chapels is explored as a means to advance our understanding of the ways in which the post-Tridentine Church enlisted the visual arts to communicate and advance its mission.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

1 The Sistine chapel as Franciscan shrine
2 The Sistine chapel's Fresco cycle
3 The Pauline chapel's tabernacle of the virgin
4 The Pauline chapel's Fresco cycle

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

The pendant chapels of Sixtus V and Paul V in Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, are among the most magnificent and complex projects undertaken in Rome between Michelangelo and Bernini. Functioning as funerary and reliquary chapels, both present rich layers of reference to the power, ritual, and history of Christianity from its founding. Stylistically, they mark the transition and condition of the arts from Mannerism to Baroque. Although few very familiar names of artists are involved with these chapels (Reni and Baglione, in that of Paul V, are exceptions), the paintings and sculpture demonstrate the artistic competence and cohesiveness of two campaigns of artists, whose individuality was subsumed under the charge of realizing Counter-Reformation ideology. In thoroughly examining the religious, political, and social contexts of these chapels, Ostrow (Univ. of California, Riverside) emphasizes the primacy of the Marian doctrine, the continuity between the Old and New Testaments, and the forceful ambition of the patrons. Because of its clear and complete explanations of the interrelationship between Catholic ritual, papal patronage, and art, this excellent study is recommended to readers of all levels. General; upper-division undergraduate through professional. A. Golahny Lycoming College