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...
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| 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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Table of Contents:
- "The Most Important Papal Patron of the Arts in the Seventeenth Century": The Guiding Principles of Art Patronage under Urban VIII / Sebastian Schütze
- Spelndor and Power: The Palazzo Barberini in Rome / Maurizia Cicconi
- Iconographies of Power: The Barberini as Collectors / Michele Di Monte
- Rome as a "School of Seeing": Germans Travel to the Eternal City / Inés Richter-Musso
- Rome as Inspiration: Frederick the Great and His Italy in Potsdam / Franziska Windt
- Orchestrated Splendor: The Barberini Family's Claim to Power / Johannes Rö€ler
- Court Artists in the Baroque Era: The Barberini Family as Patrons / Johannes Rö€ler
- Violence and Salvation: Caravaggio and His Circle / Roberto Contini
- Dramas of the Demimonde: The Caravaggisti in Naples / Roberto Contini
- Light and Shadow: The Caravaggisti in Northern Europe / Roberto Contini
- Allegories of the Arts: German Collecting Preferences / Inés Richter-Musso
- Gallery of Foolishness: Italian Baroque Paintings in the New Palace in Potsdam / Franziska Windt
- A Tour of Palazzo Barberini in 1795: Goethe's Art Consultant Johann Heinrich Meyer Discovers Caravaggio and Pietro da Cortona / Johannes Rö€ler
- Selected bibliography / compiled by Valerija Kuzema.