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Cambridge University Press 0521640962 - St. Peter’s in the Vatican Edited by William Tronzo Index More information INDEX Pages referring to figures are in italic. Augustine, 25, 29, 158 bust of Savior by, 223 Augustus, 26 canonization ceremony and, 251, 256, “Additional Observations” (Poleni), 109 257–8 aedicula (little building), 7, 8, 12 Baldacchino, 5, 229, 276, 280 Christ’s figure by, 217 africano marble, 21–2 bronze of, 120 colonnades of, 149 columns of, 40 crown of, 128 Constantine’s monument by, 159–74 agulia (needle), 23 first project as, 126f crossing piers by, 137–41 Alberti, Alberto, 39 perspective view of, 129 death and, 135 Alberti, Leon Battista, 16, 70 prototype of, 125–7, 129–30 divine intervention and, 161–6 Albertini, Francesco, 83 view of, 118, 123, 125 Greek inspiration for, 161 Alfarano, Tiberio, 2, 6, 16, 53, 54 view through, 111, 112 honorific medal of, 116 altar “wholistic” view of, 120 impact of, 111–12 baldachins, ciboria in, 114–16 baldachins, 233n16 light and, 172–3 columns of, 23, 36 in altars, 114–16 longevity of, 111 of Corpus Christi, 36 design of, 116–19 Michelangelo and, 230 problems of, 113–14 symbolism of, 119–20 nave decoration, spandrels by, 147 remaking of, 23 temporary, 120 Ponte Sant’Angelo and, 191–2, 194–209 Altar of the Holy Sacrament, 209–17, 210, Baldinucci, Filippo, 111 popes during, 232f 211, 212, 216, 219 balustrades Poussin’s art and, 163–4, 166, 236n98 angels in, 212–15, 213 on Ponte Sant’Angelo, 198 Sacrament altar by, 209–17 development of, 211 Bandinelli, Baccio, 186 sculptural studies of, 207 materials of, 215–16 Barberini, Cardinal Francesco, 50, 100 St. Peter’s consolidation, unification by, 116 study for, 214, 215, 218 Barbo, Pietro. See Pope Paul II tombs and, 130–1, 131–7 Amadei, 71 Barnes, T.D., 5 unity and, 229–30, 232n3 ambo Baronio, Cardinal, 13n6, 104 use of bronze by, 116–17 fragments of, 55 Barracco, Baron Giovanni, 50, 52 virtues and, 177–9 in St. Peter’s choir, 53–4 basilica water imagery and, 208–9 Andaloro, Maria, 58 additions, rebuildings of, 23–4 Bernini, Luigi, 139 Andrew, 140 facade renovation to, 55 Bianchi, Pietro, 286 angels fourth arm of, 103 Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 55 in Altar of Holy Sacrament, 212–15, 213 modernization of, 69 Blauuw, Sible de, 54 by Bernini, 205–8 St. Peter’s history and, 24–5 Blessed and Damned Souls, 217 on Ponte Sant’Angelo, 200–3, 205–8, 206f thresholds of, 27 Blood of Christ. See Sangue di Cristo Annals (Tacitus), 6 Basilica of Maxentius, 81 Book of Revelations, 1 Anselmi, Alessandra, 4 Battle of the Milvian Bridge, 188 Borghese, Cardinal, 40 Antonio di Pellegrino, 79 bazaar. See arcade Borghese, Paolo Giudotti, 251–2 Antonio di Pietro Averlino, 1, 64 Beccafumi, Domenico, 187 Borgo. See Urbs leonina apse bees, 232n9 Borromeo, Saint Carlo construction of, 79 symbolism of, 119–20, 136 canonization of, 251 Michelangelo’s changes to, 96 bell tower canonization theater for, 255 mosaic in, 49–50 current state of, 107 Borromini, Francesco, 94, 109, 110, 120, 220 papal figure in, 51 facade of, 106 Bernini rivalry with, 121–5 papal tombs in, 141 instability of, 105 Botticelli, 226 reconstruction of, 49 Beltrame de Martino, 71 Boulfroy, Abbe,´ 297 arcade, 290, 292, 302n114 Benediction Loggia, 1 Boullee,´ Etienne-Louis,´ 282–3 Archilochus, 136 Benjamin of Tudela, 35 metropolitan Church project of, 278–80 tomb of, 138 Bernini, Domenico, 167–8 Bourget, Bishop Ignace, 286 Aretino, Spinello, 191 Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 4, 5, 94, 105, 106, Bowerstock, Glen, 3 Arma Christi, 200, 205 109, 110, 220 Braccio, Terzo, 156 Ars moriendi, 225, 234 Alexander VII’s tomb by, 174, 176–82 Bracciolini, Poggio, 83 atrium, 1 angels by, 205–8 Bramante, Donato, 2, 36, 67, 74, 89, 216, additions to, 23–4 architecture and, 234n52 275, 276 development of, 144 Art of Dying and, 224–5 architecture of, 80–2 pinecone fountain in, 25 baldachins’ design by, 116–19 changes to plan by, 77 relief in, 141 baroque additions of, 276–83 demolition by, 74 of St. Peter’s, 19 Borromini rivalry v., 121–5 dome project of, 79f 315 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521640962 - St. Peter’s in the Vatican Edited by William Tronzo Index More information 316 INDEX Bramante, Donato (cont.) Charlemagne, 107 construction genius of, 82 Charles V, 85, 186, 206 desertion of, 85 modernization of Nicholas’ plan by, 76 choir of St. Peter’s, 79–80 planning by, 75–8 ciborium for, 120 Conti, Lothar II, 49 Pope Julius II and, 74–5 of Pope Julius II, 78f Conversion of St. Paul, 170 Brenk, Beat, 29 in St. Peter’s, 119 Cornelio de Fine, 83 Bridge of Trial, 191–2, 209 Christern, Jurgen,¨ 29 coronation, 107–8 bronze pinecone. See pigna Christianity Corpus Christi Brunelleschi divine interventions of, 161–6 altar of, 37 choir of, 112–13 Medieval, 2 chapel of, 36, 37 Burckhardt, Jacob, 5, 70 unity of, 160–1 Corpus Domini, 149, 154, 181, 208 Burial of the Dead, 200 Church medal of, 159 attitude shift of, 112 procession of, 145, 150 Camera Apostolica, 73, 79 ciborium Cortona, Pietro da, 110, 210, 220 Canevari, Antonio, 110 in altar, 114–16 cottanello, 40 canonization, 264n1 for St. Peter’s choir, 120f Council of Trent, 189 of 1588, 245–8 Cigoli, Ludovico, 104 Counter-Reformation, 48 of 1610, 1622, 251–5 Cimabue, 58 crossing piers, 137–41 of 1669, 1670, 1690, 259–60 cipollino marble, 21, 29 integration of, 137 ceremony for, 244 columns of, 40 plan of, 139, 141 petitioners for, 266n34 circus statues for, 140 politics of, 253–4 religious significance of, 26 unified theme of, 137–9 theaters for, 244–69, 261 Claussen, Peter Cornelius, 54 Crucifixion, 227 canonization ceremony College of Cardinals, 111, 114 blood, water and, 227–8, 242n261, changes to, 247 Colonna, Marcantonio, 126 242n264 decoration for, 246, 250, 258, 267n45 Colonna, Marchese Filippo, 126 Crystal Palace, 288–9, 290, 292, 302n115 engravings of, 260–1 Colonna Santa, 20, 37 financing of, 252, 256, 257 relocation of, 36 De doctrina christiana, 25 papal role in, 244, 250–1, 254, 255–6 colonnades, 148, 149 death theaters for, 260, 262 design of, 144, 149, 150 theme of, 135, 135–6, 176, 179–80 The Canonization of Carlo Borromeo, 254 inscriptions of, 152–4 The Death of Moriens and the Intercession The Canonization of Diego of Alcala´, 249, 250 as “Mater Ecclesia,”157 with the Trinity of Christ and the Virgin, The Canonization of Raimondo of Penafort,˜ significance of, 150–1 226 251 symbolism of, 150 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The Canonization of S. Francesca Romana, theme of, 151–2 (Gibbon), 5, 7 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 253, 254 Colosseum, 154, 155 Deichmann, F.W., 29 Capella Paolina, 85 columns Descriptio Basilicae Vaticanae (Mallius), 35 capital of altar, 23 Descriptio Lateranensis Ecclesiae, 35 in Old St. Peter’s, 38 on altar of Corpus Christi, 36 Descrizione della basilica antica di S. Pietro in for St. Peter’s, 76 ancient, 130 Vaticano, 10 Capitol building, Washington, D.C. Apolline iconography of, 30 Destruction of Jerusalem (Poussin), 163, 171 dome of, 293–4 composition of, 28–9 Die Zeit Constantins des Grossen Capitulation of Henry IV before Gregory copies of, 130 (Burckhardt), 5 VIII, 145 discrepancies in, 27–8 Diego de Barrionuevo, 253 Cappella Clementina, 103, 104, 105, 109 dividing aisles, 22 Diego of Alcala´ work on, 103 importing of, 39 canonization of, 245–8 Cappella del Imperatore, 101 inspiration for, 127, 129 Divine Comedy, 192 Cappella del SS. Sacramento, 37 in Old St. Peter’s, 21–2 domes, 277–8 St. Francis altar in, 24 order of, 39 advancement in, 289 Cappella della Colonna, 101, 103 of outer screen, 37 Bramante’s project for, 79f Cappella di San Michele, 101, 103 porphyry, 33 changes to, 103 Cappella Gregoriana, 101, 103, 104, 105 rearrangement of, 23 construction of, 103–4 Cappella Sistina. See Sistine Chapel reuse of, 39 importance of, 289 Carpiceci, Alberto Carlo, 37 Solomonic origins of, 35–6 lesions in, 108 Carracci, Annibale, 111, 155, 229 twisted, 24, 30, 31, 36 as representational architecture, 80 Castel Sant’Angelo, 64, 182, 201 Confessio significance of, 101 siege, triumph, retribution of, 186–9 Innocent III additions to, 54 of St. Peter’s, 102 statues at, 195 pontifical auctoritas and, 54–5 domus Aguliae. See agulia Castelli-Borromini, Bernardo, 121, 122 Confraternity of John the Baptist Beheaded, Don Juan of Austria, 131 Cathedra Petri, 53, 155–9, 160, 161, 162, 181 188 Donation of Constantine, 5, 126, 172 Altar of the Holy Sacrament and, 211 Confraternity of the Good Death, 224 Dosio, Giovanni Antonio, 104 artifacts in, 157–8 Constans Duperac,´ Etienne, 30, 97 commemorative medal of, 162 St. Peter’s basilica and, 11–12, 13 elements of, 158 Constans II, 24 Ecclesia Militans, 247 view of, 113 Constantine Ecclesia Romana, 49, 52 Cathedral of Florence, 112 Bernini’s monument to, 159–74 apsidal mosaic and, 51 Cathedral of Saint-Jacques, 286 recorded donations of, 22 Egidio da Viterbo, 73, 75, 83 Cathedral of St. Isaac of Dalmatia, 284, 285 role of, 3 Elagabalus, 26 Cathedral of the Kazan Mother of God, 283, St. Peter and, 13 Elevation of a hemicycle for St. Peter’s, 96 283–4 St. Peter’s basilica and, 5–11, 12 Elevation of St. Peter’s from the south, 99 Cathedral of the Trinity, 284f statue of, 164, 165 engravings Catholic Church sun and, 26–7 of canonization ceremonies, 260–1 spiritual authority of, 273–4 Constantine and the Conversion of Europe equestrian monuments, 172, 173 St.
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