Pietro da Cortona and Roman Baroque architecture /
Jörg Martin Merz ; incorporating a draft by the late Anthony Blunt.
- New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2008.
- xii, 362 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-345) and index.
1. Youth and early training - 2. The Villa Sacchetti at Castelfusano - 3. Palazzo Barberini - 4. The Sanctuary of Fortune at Palestrina - 5. S. Lorenzo in Damaso - 6. SS. Luca e Martina - 7. Tombs and altars - 8. Florentine interlude - 9. Three decorative cycles - 10. The Pamphilj mausoleum at the Chiesa Nuova - 11.The Villa del Pigneto Sacchetti - 12. The artist's house - 13. S. Maria della Pace - 14. The design for a palace on Piazza Colonna - 15. S. Maria in Via Lata - 16. The design for the Louvre - 17. Late ecclesiastical works - 18. Architecture on paintings, drawings and engravings - 19. Personality - 20. Cortona, Bernini, Borromini and tradition - 21. Influence - 22. Later reputation.
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Pietro, da Cortona, 1596-1669 --Criticism and interpretation.
Architecture, Baroque--Italy--Rome. Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Italy--Rome.