The visual culture of Catholic Enlightenment / Christopher M. S. Johns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johns, Christopher M. S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Christianity and art--Catholic Church--History--18th century.

Christianity and art.

Catholic Church--Europe--History--18th century.

Catholic Church--Italy--Rome--History--18th century.

Enlightenment--Europe.

Enlightenment.

History.

Christianity and art--Catholic Church.

Europe.

Italy--Rome.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxi, 413 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]

Summary:

"Investigates the response of the Roman Catholic Church to European Enlightenment critiques of revealed religion and clerical governance through the lens of its art, architecture, urbanism, and material culture"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Rome and the Catholic Enlightenment in historical context

Ecclesiastical reform and the European public : Italian Jansenism and the Catholic Enlightenment

Sanctity and social utility : making saints in the era of Catholic Enlightenment

The papacy and the patrimony I : Corsini cultural initiatives on the Capitoline Hill

The papacy and the patrimony II : the expansion of the Capitoline museums under Benedict XIV and Clement XIII

Enlightened administration and polite conversation : Clement XII and Benedict XIV on the Quirinal Hill

Roman spaces of Catholic Enlightenment : sacred sites and institutions of social utility

Popes, episcopacy, and the "good bishop" of Catholic Enlightenment

Epilogue : two Portuguese earthquakes and the end of Catholic Enlightenment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-387) and index.

ISBN:

9780271062082

0271062088

OCLC:

880500068