The Lateran in 1600: Christian Concord in Counter-Reformation Rome

Cambridge University Press, 4/28/1995. Hardcover. Like New. xvi, 333 pages, [8] pages of color plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Light scuff mark to rear board. Clean, unmarked pages. Through an examination of the pope's own church, the Cathedral of Rome, The Lateran in 1600: Christian Concord in Counter-Reformation Rome redefines a critical moment in the history of art between the Renaissance and the baroque. The first basilica built by Constantine the Great, San Giovanni in Laterano was the undisputed center of Christendom throughout the Middle Ages. With the transfer of the official papal residence to the Vatican in the Renaissance, however, Saint Peter's gradually absorbed the Lateran's preeminence. At the height of the Counter-Reformation, with concern for the Church's early Christian heritage at its peak, Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605) lavishly restored Constantine's church and revived its spiritual authority. Clement's vision, expressed through artistic means, exalts the perpetual Christian triumph embodied in the Lateran. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Contents: pt. I. The Lateran in the Sixteenth Century. 1. Mater et Caput. 2. Clement VIII's Transcript --pt. II. The Nave Clementina. 3. Entrance: Spiritual Harmony at the Threshold of the Space. 4. Celebration: Constantine and the Christian Triumph at the Lateran. 5. Revelation: The Altar of the Sacrament --pt. III. Christian Concord in Art and Politics. 6. Clement VIII and the Ideal Christian State. 7. Encaenia Ecclesiae --Catalogue: Works Commissioned by Clement VIII at the Lateran.