Rebuilding St. Paul''s Outside the Walls - Architecture and the Catholic Revival in the 19th Century

"Proposing a new prehistory of the great Catholic revival after 1850, this book traces the reconstruction the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls within the context of the Church's struggle to adapt to a radically changing world"--

List of contents

I. Fire in the Temple: 1. Disenchanting Histories; 2. 'A Portent, Beyond Statues Sweating Blood in the Forum...'; 3. Future Visions; 4. Broadening the Debate; 5. Reframing the Debate; 6. Catholic Romanticism; II. Resurrecting San Paolo: 7. Matters of Money; 8. Resisting Resurrection; 9. The End of a Generation; III. Reimagined Sacred Histories: 10. Luigi Poletti and the Challenge of Rebuilding San Paolo; 11. Peter and Paul; 12. Material Histories; 13. Prelude to a Revolution; 14. Eighteen Forty-Eight; IV. From Paul to Mary: 15. Pius IX and Romantic Aesthetics; 16. Two Days in December.

About the author

Richard Wittman is Associate Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Architecture, Print Culture, and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century France, as well as numerous articles on eighteenth and nineteenth-century European architectural history and theory.

Summary

Proposing a new prehistory of the great Catholic revival after 1850, this book traces the reconstruction the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls within the context of the Church's struggle to adapt to a radically changing world.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Wittman, Richard (University of California Wittman, Wittman Richard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2023
• EAN: 9781009414524
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0941452-4
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, Architectural structure & design, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, Italy, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1900, History of Religion, History of Art, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, History of Architecture, Relating to Christian people and groups, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Historical and cultural areas within Italy, Art & Design Styles: Classicism, Neo-Classicism, Central Italy, Architectural details, components and motifs, For graduate / post-graduate and equivalents