The Culture of Architecture in Enlightenment Rome

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Part 1. Restoration

The Past as Future: Ecclesiastical History and Christian Antiquity

1. San Giovanni in Laterano: How Alessandro Galilei Finished One Controversy Only to Begin Another

2. Santa Maria Maggiore: How Pier Filippo Strozzi Tried to Understand the Modern Notion of History and Failed Completely

3. The Corsini Chapel: How Giovanni Bottari Used Ecclesiastical History to Write a Book, Build a Chapel, and Vanquish His Enemies

Part 2. Reform

Papal Palaces in the Age of Economic Reform

4. The Corsini Palace: How Neri Corsini Still Managed to Build One of the Most Extravagant Palaces in Rome

5. The Quirinal Hill: How Lione Pascoli Tried to Solve Everything with a List

Part 3. Renewal

Building Knowledge: Public Institutions and Learning

6. The Capitoline Museum: How Alessandro Gregorio Capponi Finally Convinced Everyone He Was Important

7. The Corsini Library: How Giovanni Bottari Got the Last Word

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

“This is a readable, amiable narrative bursting with information relating to an impressive range of subjects. Minor’s laudable determination to relate architecture to the world unfolding around it means that the level of contextual scene-setting goes far beyond what one normally encounters in books of this sort. . . . In the end, her book succeeds at the difficult task of offering both an engaging entry point for scholars new to the topic and a stimulating synthetic interpretation for those already involved with it.”

—Richard Wittman, CAA Reviews