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Roman baroque sculpture : for the Knights of Malta / Keith Sciberras

Author
Sciberras, Keith
Published
[Sta Venera, Malta] : Midsea books, 2012.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Physical Description
xxiii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Background And Context To Roman Baroque Sculpture For Malta -- 1.1.Opus Romae Digna: The Convent's love for Rome -- 1.2.Alessandro Algardi and Malta -- 1.3.The contribution of Melchiorre Cafa -- 1.4.The Conventual Church of St John: Principal recipient of Roman Baroque works -- ch. 2 The Mechanics Of The Order's Roman Patronage -- 2.1.Commissioning art for the Order -- 2.2.Supervising work in Rome: The role of the Embassy to the Holy See -- 2.3.From Rome to Malta: Transporting the work of art -- ch. 3 In Honorem Sancti Joannes Baptistae Projects For The Patron Saint -- 3.1.The Baptism of Christ for the choir of St John's -- Melchiorre Cafa and the choir project -- Re-interest in the Project: The contribution of Gregorio Carafa -- The completion of the statues: Giuseppe Mazzuoli's Baptism of Christ -- 3.2.Ciro Ferri's Reliquary of St John for the Oratory of San Giovanni Decollato -- Exposition and veneration of the relic of St John the Baptist -- Secure evidence for the reliquary's authorship -- Manufacturing history -- ch. 4 In Memoria Principis - `Dying Well' Through The Late Baroque -- 4.1.Domenico Guidi's monument to Nicolas Cotoner -- 4.2.The monument to Gregorio Carafa -- 4.3.Giuseppe Mazzuoli's monument to Ramon Perellos de Roccaful -- 4.4.Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi's monuments to Marcantonio Zondadari and Manuel De Vilhena -- 4.5.The monument to Emanuel Pinto de Fonseca -- ch. 5 AD Laudem Dei Baroque Art For The Cult of the Eucharist -- 5.1.Giovanni Battista Contini's High Altar for St John's -- Giovanni Battista Contini, designer and architect in charge -- Girolamo Lucenti and the bronze works -- Commission history -- 5.2.Antonio Arrighi's High Altar Statues -- 5.3.The Altar of the Oratory of San Giovanni Decollato -- 5.4.The Exposition of the Sacrament and a new attribution to Ciro Ferri.
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ISBN
9789993273967
9993273961
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-427) and index.
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