Baroque pathways : the National Galleries Barberini Corsini in Rome : a publication series /
"Maffeo Barberini was elected Pope Urban VIII in 1623. He turned Rome into the baroque capital that we know today. Saint Peter's Cathedral was completed and consecrated during his pontificate. Streets and squares were created that still define the city's image. The erudite Pope Urban...
| Uniform Title: | Wege des Barock. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Munich, Germany ; London, England ; New York, New York :
Prestel Art,
[2019]
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| Series: | Museum Barberini publication series.
Barberini Studien. |
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| Summary: | "Maffeo Barberini was elected Pope Urban VIII in 1623. He turned Rome into the baroque capital that we know today. Saint Peter's Cathedral was completed and consecrated during his pontificate. Streets and squares were created that still define the city's image. The erudite Pope Urban VIII had Caravaggio paint his portrait as a young man and sponsored him, as well as many artists who were influenced by him. The Palazzo Barberini in Rome is home to one of the most important collections of Roman baroque painting. The catalogue to the exhibition 'Baroque Pathways' shows a representative selection of these paintings. It traces the story of the creation of Roman baroque painting as inspired by Caravaggio and follows its expansion throughout Europe, to the north of the Alps just as in Naples. It covers the entire spectrum from the Barberini as patrons of the arts to the Prussian kings' admiration of all things Italian. The Barberini Museum is named after the Barberini Palace, which Frederick the Great had built in Potsdam. It was destroyed in World War II but rebuilt between 2013 and 2016 by the Hasso Plattner Foundation, conceived as a modern museum building. The Prussian King desired an Italian Piazza in Potsdam and so based the building on a copperplate engraving of the Palazzo Barberini in Rome by Piranesi. With this reference to the 'pope of the arts,' Frederick demonstrated his desire to be regarded as a great collector and connoisseur of art too." In the 18th century Frederick II of Prussia modeled the Palais Barberini in Potsdam, Germany, after the Barberini Palace in Rome. In January 2017 the newly founded Museum Barberini moved into the recently reconstructed Palais Barberini in Potsdam. This book accompanies an exhibition in Potsdam of splendid 17th century works from the National Galleries Barberini Corsini in Rome. It provides not only a fitting background to Museum Barberini's fascinating architectural history but also highlights the important role of the Barberini family and Pope Urban VIII as patrons and art collectors. Exhibition: Barberini Museum, Potsdam, Germany ( 13.07. - 06.10.2019). |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Wege des Barock. Translated from the German. Catalog of an exhibition "Baroque Pathways: The National Galleries Barberini Corsini in Rome", held at Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany, July 13-October 6, 2019. "An exhibition of the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Rome, in collaboration with the Museum Barberini, Potsdam ... with loans from the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Rome, and additional loans from the Stiftung Preu€ische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg Skulpturensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Property of the Kaiser Friedrich Museumsverein"--Title page verso. Foreword by Flaminia Gennari Santori, Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Rome, Director, and Ortrud Westheider, Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Director, translated from the German by Astrid C. Koke. |
| Physical Description: | 263 pages : color illustrations, color portraits, facsimiles (some color), ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783791358093 379135809X |
| Place of Publication: | Germany -- Bavaria -- Munich. |