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Federico Barocci and the Oratorians

Corporate Patronage and Style in the Counter-Reformation

ISBN-13: 9781612481326
Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY
By Ian F. Verstegen
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Local release date: 13/09/2015
Format: Hardback 192 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Photography & photographs [AJ]

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In 1586, Federico Barocci delivered his Visitation of the Virgin and St. Elizabeth to the Chiesa Nuova in Rome. For the next quarter century, Barocci dominated the art scene in Rome; there was no other artist from whom it was harder to get work and no other artist charged such high prices. Having two important altarpieces in the Chiesa Nuova and two additional commissions discussed was an impressive feat for an artist living exclusively in Urbino. Why did the Oratorians monopolize Barocci’s talents in Rome and why does it seem that Barocci was their first choice when considering artists to decorate their church? What was it about Barocci’s art that appealed to Oratorian sensibilities and their vision of the artistic program for decoration of their church?

This book examines the relationship between Barocci and the Congregation of the Oratory, arguing for a distinct physiognomy of Oratorian patronage and exposing the function the Oratorians expected of religious imagery in contrast to other groups of their time. While explaining Oratorian patronage, it thus deals with a thorny question in social science: how can a collective body have unified intentions and actions? The result is a contribution both to the history of Italian painting and to art historical methodology.

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Preface

Introduction: What’s in a Style? Barocci and the Oratorians

Chapter 1: Federico Barocci, Filippo Neri, and Christian Optimism

Chapter 2: The Altarpiece Cycle: The Rosary and Coordinated Devotion

Chapter 3: The Visitation and the Presentation of the Virgin

Chapter 4: The Nativity of the Virgin for the High Altar and the Institution of the Eucharist for the Pope

Chapter 5: Baroccismo into the Seicento

Appendix 1: Chiesa Nuova Altars and the Altarpieces Adorning Them

Appendix 2: Chiesa Nuova Timeline

Appendix 3: Order of Altarpiece Commissions and Completions

Appendix 4: Giovan Battista Guerra’s Renovations in the Chiesa Nuova

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Index

About the Author

“Verstegen’s analysis of the dates and finances of the commissions by both orders clarifies—both refuting and substantiating—earlier assessments of how each decorated their principal churches… the material presented allows for a better understanding of the order, those connected to it, and how artistic commissions of this period are rarely as straightforward as they may seem.”

—Alison C. Fleming, CAA Reviews

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