Renovatio urbis

renovatio urbis This unique study brings together a range of investigations that provide a coherent overview of the urban, architectural and artistic projects during the Pontificate of Julius II (1503–13). As one of the most important and pro-ductive periods in the history of European culture, Julius II’s ten-year papacy witnessed an unprecedented campaign of ambitious projects by Bramante, Raphael and Michelangelo, as well as the commissioning of important humanist and theological works by such key figures as Giles of Viterbo and Tommaso Inghirami. Driven by a desire to transform the city from its decaying state of neglected medieval buildings and ancient ruins, this book argues that the scope of the projects during Julius II’s papacy were directly inspired by a common ambition; namely to realize a golden age of human piety and intellectual/artistic achievement that could rival past ages in Biblical history. Six chapters each focus on a particular urban, architectural or artistic work. These are examined in the context of humanist texts, inscriptions, numismatic sources, antiquarian studies and sermons, highlighting how the transformations of Rome were conceived as part of a larger vision. Copiously illustrated with plans, maps, illustrations and photographs, this book gives the reader both detailed studies of notable projects, such as St Peter’s Basilica, the Cortile del Belvedere, via Giulia and the Stanza della Segnatura, and an examination of their inter-relationships, drawing upon the theolog-ical, political and philosophical concerns of the day. The book is of particular interest to academics in the fields of Renaissance studies, art history, architectural history/theory, urban design, philosophy and religious/pontifical studies. Nicholas Temple is Professor of Architecture at the University of Lincoln, having previously taught at the University of Liverpool, Nottingham University, the University of Pennsylvania and Leeds Metropolitan University. A Rome Scholar (1986–88), his previous publications include Disclosing Horizons: Architecture, Perspective and Redemptive Space and co-editor of The Humanities in Architectural Design (Routledge 2006 and 2010). The Classical Tradition in Architecture Series Editor: Caroline van Eck Leiden University, Netherlands Classical architecture not only provided a repertoire of forms and building types capable of endless transformation; it was also a cultural actor and provided cultural capital, and was used to create political and religious identities. This series provides a forum for its interdisciplinary study, from antiquity to the present day. It aims to publish first-class and groundbreaking scholarship that re-examines, reinterprets or revalues the classical tradition in the widest sense. The series will deal with classicism as a cultural phenomenon, a formal language of design, but also with its role in establishing the agenda, method and grammar of inquiry in Western history of art and architecture and recent reconsiderations of these roles. Power and Virtue Architecture and Intellectual Change in England 1660–1730 Li Shiqiao Landscapes of Taste The Art of Humphry Repton’s Red Books André Rogger The Picturesque Architecture, Disgust and Other Irregularities John Macarthur The Florentine Villa Architecture History Society Grazia Gobbi Sica Architecture, Print Culture, and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth Century France Richard Wittman Festival Architecture Edited by Sarah Bonnemaison and Christine Macy The City Rehearsed Object, Architecture, and Print in the Worlds of Hans Vredeman de Vries Christopher Heuer François Blondel Architecture, Erudition, and the Scientific Revolution Anthony Gerbino renovatio urbis Architecture, Urbanism and Ceremony in the Rome of Julius II Nicholas Temple Julien-David LeRoy Architecture and Revolution Christopher Drew Armstrong renovatio urbis Architecture, urbanism and ceremony in the Rome of Julius II Nicholas Temple First published 2011 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2011. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk. © 2011 Nicholas Temple The right of Nicholas Temple to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Temple, Nicholas. Renovatio urbis: architecture, urbanism, and ceremony in the Rome of Julius II/Nicholas Temple. p. cm.—(The classical tradition in architecture) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. City planning—Italy—Rome—History—16th century. 2. Architecture, Renaissance—Italy—Rome. 3. Architecture and society—Italy—Rome—History—16th century. 4. Symbolism in city planning—Italy—Rome—History—16th century. 5. Symbolism in architecture—Italy—Rome—History—16th century. 6. Bramante, Donato, 1444?–1514—Criticism and interpretation. 7. Julius II, Pope, 1443–1513—Art patronage. 8. Rome (Italy)—Buildings, structures, etc. I. Title. II. Title: Architecture, urbanism, and ceremony in the Rome of Julius II. NA9204.R7T46 2011 711¢.4094563209031—dc22 2010043555 ISBN 0-203-81848-2 Master e-book ISBN ISBN: 978–0–415–47385–9 (hbk) ISBN: 978–0–203–81848–0 (ebk) ... - tailieumienphi.vn