The ambitious projects of urban renewal, development, and expansion initiated in Rome in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries reach a spectacular apex during this period.

Mar 4, 2016 · The Roman church was in 1600 at a turning point in the Counter-Reformation, the movement to restore the institution after its serious losses to Protestantism in northern Europe during the sixteenth century, and art was a powerful weapon.

Rome was annexed by Napoleon and was part of the First French Empire from 1809 to 1814. Modern history, the period from the 19th century to the present. Rome came under siege again after the Allied invasion of Italy and was bombed several times. …

Jul 20, 2024 · In the 1600s, Rome was witnessing several significant developments. Many new churches and palaces were being built, adding to the architectural grandeur of the city. The Jubilee of 1600 was approaching, creating a sense of renewed confidence due to the apparent success of the counter-reformation.

With the end of the Schism, the city of Rome once again becomes a prominent center of wealth, learning, and artistic production. A member of the Colonna family, probably Martin V himself, commissions a large altarpiece for the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.

Feb 9, 2016 · In 1600 Rome was the center of the artistic world. This fascinating book offers a new look at the art and architecture of the great Baroque city at this time...

The Kingdom of Italy was gradually expanded as Austria relinquished Venetia in 1806 and other bits of territory were added. Still other Italian regions were annexed directly into France. In 1809, the French reoccupied Rome and took Pope Pius VII prisoner.

Sep 30, 2016 · This exceptional book focuses on and around the Holy Year of 1600, declared by Pope Clement viii Aldobrandini (r.1592–1605), and explores the distinctive artistic patronage of a period when donors and artists in Rome must have felt “in the right place at the right time.”

Rome 1600: The City and the Visual Arts under Clement VIII. Clare Robertson. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. x þ 450 pp. $75. As the title and contents of Rome 1600 immediately demonstrate, this book sustains a marked dialogue with several major studies of seventeenth-century Roman art and