Pietro da Cortona and Roman Baroque architecture / Jörg Martin Merz ; incorporating a draft by the late Anthony Blunt

Object Details

Author

Merz, Jörg Martin

Blunt, Anthony 1907-1983

Subject

Pietro da Cortona 1596-1669 Criticism and interpretation

Contents

Aerial view of Rome -- Youth and early training -- The Villa Sacchetti at Castelfusano -- Palazzo Barberini -- The Sanctuary of Fortune at Palestrina -- S. Lorenzo in Damaso -- SS. Luca e Martina -- Tombs and altars -- Florentine interlude -- Three decorative cycles -- The Pamphilj mausoleum at the Chiesa Nuova -- The Villa del Pigneto Sacchetti -- The artist's house -- S. Maria della Pace -- The design for a palace on Piazza Colonna -- S. Maria in Via Lata -- The design for the Louvre -- Late ecclesiastical works -- Architecture on paintings, drawings and engravings -- Personality -- Cortona, Bernini, Borromini and tradition -- Influence -- Later reputation

Summary

"At first a successful painter of the Roman Baroque, Pietro (Berrettini) da Cortona soon emerged as an architect of equal stature. This book is the first to focus full attention on Cortona's buildings and projects and to assess his position in Roman Baroque architecture." "The book discusses Cortona's major commissions, particularly SS. Luca e Martina, the Villa del Pigneto, S. Maria della Pace and S. Maria in Via Lata, as well as the designs that remained unbuilt, such as his plans for the Palazzo Pitti in Florence and the Louvre in Paris. The book explores Cortona's relationships and rivalries with other outstanding Roman architects to illuminate the competitive climate in which he worked, and it concludes with a review of his influence and reputation into the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.

2008

C2008

Type

Books

Physical description

xii, 362 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 29 cm

Place

Italy

Rome

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Architecture, Baroque

Decoration and ornament, Architectural

Record ID

siris_sil_958267

Metadata Usage (text)

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