The fruit of a lifetime’s work, Antony Blunt’s Guide to Baroque Rome was hailed as a landmark volume when it first appeared in 1982. Quickly establishing itself as essential reading for both traveler and student, it also inspired a new generation of scholars to explore this field to greater depths. Baroque Rome is the first synthesis of all the subsequent new information and discoveries in two volumes, it will document more than 535 churches, palaces, villas, fountains, and monuments. In this first volume, The Churches, each entry examines in detail the history of the building, its design and construction, as well as its significant features, decoration, and paintings. Full references and bibliographies are provided in an accessible new format, and the introductory material, maps, illustrations, and indices have all been augmented and enhanced. The result is one of the most illuminating and inclusive guides to a city and an architectural style ever published.
Foreword 7
Preface to the original edition 9
The churches 15
Bibliographies and references 259
Abbreviations 260
References 261
Bibliography 308
Indexes 313
Index of artists 315
Index of patrons and benefactors 353
Popes 1527-1870 358
Topographical index by street 359
Topographical index by rione 362
Anthony Blunt was one of the leading art historians of the 20th century, and a famous teacher, although his career was overshadowed in the public mind by his activities as a spy. He wrote extensively on art of all periods, but his greatest interest was in Rome of the later 17th century. He died in 1983.
