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Renovatio urbis : architecture, urbanism, and ceremony in the Rome of Julius II / Nicholas Temple.

Fine Arts Library NA9204.R7 T46 2011
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Temple, Nicholas.
Series:
Classical tradition in architecture
The classical tradition in architecture
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Julius II, Pope, 1443-1513.
Bramante, Donato, 1444?-1514.
City planning--Italy--Rome--History--16th century.
City planning.
Architecture, Renaissance--Italy--Rome.
Architecture, Renaissance.
Art patronage.
Criticism and interpretation.
Symbolism in architecture.
History.
Symbolism in city planning.
Architecture and society.
Italy--Rome.
Architecture and society--Italy--Rome--History--16th century.
Symbolism in city planning--Italy--Rome--History--16th century.
Symbolism in architecture--Italy--Rome--History--16th century.
Bramante, Donato, 1444?-1514--Criticism and interpretation.
Bramante, Donato.
Julius II, Pope, 1443-1513--Art patronage.
Julius.
Rome (Italy)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Rome (Italy).
Physical Description:
xiii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Other Title:
Architecture, urbanism, and ceremony in the Rome of Julius II
Place of Publication:
Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.
Summary:
The material here first appeared in his 2001 PhD dissertation, says Temple (architecture, U. of Lincoln, England), then again as a series of research papers in various cities as he tested his ideas and gauged responses from other academics. Here he regroups the tempered and battle hardened ideas back into a unified treatise. He shows how the proposals for new ceremonial streets, bridges, public squares, and building during the pontificate of Julius II (1503-13) were motivated by a desire to remap and so transform the topography of the ancient and medieval city. This, he argues, was part of a larger scheme by humanists and artists in the papal court to promote Rome as another Jerusalem and a renewed imperial city. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Contents:
1 Signposting Peter and Paul 7
The Tiber's sacred banks 7
Peripheral centres 9
"Inter duas metas" 14
Papal rivalries 26
Chigi Chapel 28
2 Via Giulia and papal corporatism: the politics of order 34
The Julian lapide 34
Via Giulia 43
The legacy of Sixtus IV 47
Quartiere dei Banchi 52
Via Peregrinorum, Via Papalis and Via Recta 56
Solenne Possesso and Via Triumphalis 58
Papal corporatism 65
Pons Neronianus and Porta Triumphalis 74
Early Christian precedents 78
Meta Romuli and Serlio's Scena Tropica 81
Crossing thresholds: Peter and Caesar 85
The papal 'hieroglyph' and the Pesta di Agone 89
3 Palazzo dei Tribunali and the meaning of justice 94
sedes iustiae 94
The four tribunals 97
The Capitol and Commune/Cardinal's Palace 104
St Blaise and Justice 107
iustitia cosmica 116
Caesar and iustitia 120
Pax Romtma 123
4 Cortile del Belvedere, Via della Lungara and vita contemplative 26
'The beautiful view' 126
via suburbans/via sanctus 151
Passage and salvation 159
5 St Peter's Basilica: Orientation and succession 162
Transformations from old to new 162
crritorium triumphale 163
Sixtus IV and the Cappella del Coro 167
Julius II and Caesar's ashes 184
Janus and Peter 189
Janus Quadrifrons 201
The Tegurium 207
6 The Stanza della Segnatura: a testimony to a Golden Age 214
Topographical and geographical connections 214
in facultatibus 215
Triune symbolism 220
Conversio 243
St Bonaventure and the Itinemrium Mentis in Deum 249
Justice and Poetry 251
Mapping the Golden Age 263
Conclusion: pons/facio: popes and bridges 264
The Julian 'project' 264
Pontifex Maximus 266
Corpus Mysticum 270
Raphael's portrait 272.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780415473859
0415473853
9780203818480
0203818482
OCLC:
548660223

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