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TitleGonzaga Chapel

Creator nameAgresti, Livio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1554–1557

Object typePainting

LocationSanto Spirito in Sassia, Rome

SubjectsChurch decoration and ornament--Italy--RomeMural painting and decoration, Italian--Italy--RomeCounter-Reformation

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Chapter 5: The Counter-Reformation in Rome

Marcia B. Hall

After Raphael: Painting in Central Italy in the Sixteenth Century

The midcentury is marked by the conflict between traditional humanist values and those of the Reform, and by competing styles, Maniera and Counter-Maniera, existing side by side to serve both sets of patrons. To appreciate this situation we need to move back in time to see what was going on in religious art while the secular works we discussed in the...

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Marcia B. Hall

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.173-214

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-100112&redirecttoanchor=201756

Chapter subject tags:Painting, Renaissance--ItalyCounter-Reformation in artVasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564Rome--HistorySebastiano, del Piombo, 1485-1547Cappella Paolina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)Zuccaro, Taddeo, 1529-1566Sistine Chapel (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)Papacy--HistoryPrints, Renaissance--Italy

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