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"--

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 (University of California Wittman, Wittman Richard, Richard Wittman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.12.2023
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history
• EAN: 9781009414524
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0941452-4
• Pages: 350
• Subjects: 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