politicalandreligiouscontext,withspecialemphasisontheecclesiastical
andprivatepatronswhotransformedtheEternalCityintooneoftheworldsgreatcapitals.
Readings:Thereisnorequiredtextforthecourse.Insteadalrban
developmentofthecity,aswellasmajorworksinpainting,sculpture,andarchitecture,areconsideredwithintheir ArtH3335/5335
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57uv3wb.Inaddition,thereisarecommendedtextforthecourse,R.Wittkower,ArtandArchitectureinItaly
16001750,revisededition,J.ConnorsandJ.Montagu,eds.,NewHavenandLondon,1999,vols.IandII.
Wittkowersbookcanbeconsultedinconjunctionwiththelectures.Allrequiredreadingsaretobecompletedprior
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OverviewofLectures(withReadings)
1.January18.Introduction:TheCityofRome
Readings:
J.Elsner,Romeaspalimpsest.Thecityinarchitectureandtheimagination,
Apollo,140,1994,1822.
2.January20.Introduction,continued
Readings:
None
PARTI:THEBEGINNINGSOFTHEBAROQUECITY:15721623
3.January25.TheBeginningsofRomesTransformation:GregoryXIIIBoncompagni
Readings:
N.Courtright,TheVaticanToweroftheWindsAndtheArchitectural
LegacyoftheCounterReformation,inM.A.Lavin,ed.,IL60.Essays
HonoringIrvingLavinonHisSixtiethBirthday,NewYork,1990,11731.
J.Freiberg,TheLateranPatronageofGregoryXIIIandtheHolyYearof1575,
ZeitschriftfrKunstgeschichte,54,1991,6687.
4.January27.RomaSistina:TheCityPlananditsUrbanBeaconsunderSixtusVPeretti
Readings:
H.Hibbard,CarloMadernoandRomanArchitecture15801630,London,1971,
521.
S.Giedion,Space,TimeandArchitecture,Cambridge,1967/1982,SixtusVand
thePlanningofBaroqueRome,75106.
5.February1.SixtusV:TheSistineChapelandOtherMonuments
Readings:
J.T.PaolettiandG.M.Radke,Art,Power,andPatronageinRenaissanceItaly,3rded.,
UpperSaddleRiver,N.J.,2005,SixtusVandtheReplanningofRome,53847.
T.Magnuson,RomeintheAgeofBernini,I,Stockholm,1982,1637.
6.February3.SixtusV:TheScalaSantaandOtherMonuments
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Readings:
C.L.C.EwartWitcombe,SixtusVandtheScalaSanta,JournaloftheSociety
ofArchitecturalHistorians,44,1985,36879.
7.February8.RomeintheAgeofClementVIIIAldobrandini
Readings:
T.Magnuson,RomeintheAgeofBernini,I,Stockholm,1982,5155,
6468.
J.Freiberg,ClementVIII,TheLateran,AndChristianConcord,inM.A.Lavin,
ed.,IL60.EssaysHonoringIrvingLavinonHisSixtiethBirthday,NewYork,1990,
16780.
8.February10.NOCLASS
9.February15.ClementVIII:OtherProjects
Readings:
None
10.February17.PaulVBorghese:TheCompletionofSt.PetersandOtherProjects
Readings:
H.Hibbard,CarloMadernoandRomanArchitecture15801630,London,
1971,6574.
C.H.Heilmann,AcquaPaolaandtheUrbanPlanningofPaulVBorghese,
BurlingtonMagazine,112,1970,65663.
11.February22.PaulVatS.MariaMaggiore
Readings:
S.F.Ostrow,PaulV,theColumnoftheVirgin,andtheNewPaxRomana,
JournaloftheSocietyofArchitecturalHistorians,69,2010,35277.
12.February24.ScipioneBorghese:TheVillaBorgheseandItsDecorations
Readings:
M.Winner,BerninitheSculptorandtheClassicalHeritageinHisEarlyYears:
Praxitles,Berninis,andLanfrancosPlutoandProserpina,Rmisches
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JahrbuchfrKunstgeschichte,22,1985,192207.
T.Magnuson,RomeintheAgeofBernini,I,Stockholm,1982,20712.
13.March1.CardinalNephews:ScipioneBorghese,LudovicoLudovisi,andAlessandroPerettida
Montalto
Readings:
T.Magnuson,RomeintheAgeofBernini,I,Stockholm,1982,197201.
C.H.Wood,VisualPanegyricinGuercinosCasinoLudovisiFrescoes,
Storiadellarte,58,1986,223228.
PARTII:THEBARBERINI,PAMPHILJ,ANDCHIGIPONTIFICATES:16231667
14.March3.UrbanVIIIBarberini:St.PetersandOtherProjects
Readings:
F.Hammond,MusicandSpectacleinBaroqueRome:BarberiniPatronageunder
UrbanVIII,NewHavenandLondon,1994,336.
T.A.Marder,BerniniandtheArtofarchitecture,N.Y.,1998,TheBaldacchino,
2744.
15.March8.ThePalazzoBarberiniandOtherProjects
Readings:
PatriciaWaddy,InsidethePalace:PeopleandFurnishings,inS.Walkerand
F.Hammond,eds.,LifeandtheArtsintheBaroquePalacesofRome,NewHaven
andLondon,1999,2137.
J.B.Scott,ImagesofNepotism,Princeton,1991,13645.
16.March10.MIDTERMEXAMINATION
17.March15.SPRINGBREAK
18.March17.SPRINGBREAK
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19.March22.BarberiniFountainsandtheTombofUrbanVIII
Readings: H.HibbardandIJaffe,BerninisBarcaccia,BurlingtonMagazine,106,1964,
15970.
C.Avery,Bernini:GeniusoftheBaroque,London,1997,11926.
20.March24.NOCLASS
21.March29.InnocentX:ThePiazzaNavonaasPamphiljCourt
Readings:
C.Avery,Bernini:GeniusoftheBaroque,London,1997,193201.
M.Christian,BerninisDanubeandPamphiliPolitics,Burlington
Magazine,128,1986,35455.
22.March31.NOCLASS
23.April5.TheHolyYearof1650:St.PetersandtheLateranBasilicaunderInnocentX
Readings:
T.Magnuson,RomeintheAgeofBernini,II,Stockholm,1986,3145.
24.April7.InnocentX:TheVillaPamphiljandOtherWorks
Readings:
None
25.April12.AlexanderVIIChigi:RomaAlessandrina
Readings:
D.M.Habel,TheUrbanDevelopmentofRomeintheAgeofAlexanderVII,
CambridgeandNewYork,2002,110.
R.Krautheimer,RomaAlessandrina,Poughkeepsie,1982,134.
26.April14.RomaAlessandrina,continued
Readings:
None
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27.April19.AlexanderVIIatSt.Peters
Readings: T.A.Marder,BerniniandtheArtofArchitecture,N.Y.1998,Piazza
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SanPietroandtheRomeofAlexanderVII,12349.
PARTIII:THEENDOFTHECENTURYANDROMESDECLINEASACITYOFPOWER
28.April21.RomeintheAgeofClementIX
Readings:
T.Magnuson,RomeintheAgeofBernini,II,Stockholm,1986,
26772.
29.April26.TheQueenofSweden:ChristinainRome
Readings:
P.Bjurstrm,FeastandTheatreinQueenChristinasRome,Stockholm,1966,937.
C.E.Kandare,FiguringaQueen:QueenChristinaofSwedenandtheEmbodiment
ofSovereignty,Ph.D.Thesis,UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside,2009,2227and
218.
30.April28.RomeintheAgeofClementX
Readings:
None
31May3.ThePoliticalGeographyofRome:FesteandOtherManifestations
Readings:
S.F.Ostrow,GianlorenzoBernini,GirolamoLucenti,andtheStatue
ofPhilipIVinS.MariaMaggiore:PatronageandPoliticsinSeicento
Rome,ArtBulletin,73,1991,89118.
T.J.Dandelet,SettingtheNobleStageinBaroqueRome:RomanPalaces,Political
Contest,andSocialTheater,16001700,inS.WalkerandF.Hammond,eds.,Life
andtheArtsintheBaroquePalacesofRome,NewHavenandLondon,1999,3951.
32.May5.TheJesuitTriumph:theGesandSantIgnazio
Readings:
F.Haskell,PatronsandPainters,NewHavenandLondon,1980,6365,7883,
8893.
E.Levy,ANobleMedleyandConcertofMaterialsandArtifice:JesuitChurch
InteriorsinRome,15671700,inT.M.Lucas,ed.,Saint,Site,andSacredStrategy:
Ignatius,RomeandJesuitUrbanism,VaticanCity,1990,4661.
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