10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «URBAN VIII»
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Music and Spectacle in Baroque Rome: Barberini Patronage ...
This book - the first comprehensive examination of the musical productions and festivals sponsored by the Barberini family - discusses what music was written under their patronage, why it was commissioned, and how it related to the ...
2
Civic Politics in the Rome of
Urban VIII
Focusing on the S.P.Q.R. (the Senate and Roman People), which was administered from the Capitoline Hill, she shows that it provided political representation for lay members of the urban elite, carried out the work of local government, and ...
3
Seventeenth-century Art and Architecture
1.108 (opposite) Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Tomb of Urban VIII, 1628-37. Marble and
bronze. St. Peter's, Rome. 1.109 Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Tomb of Alexander VII,
1671-78. Marble. Rome). Thus Bernini's tomb for Urban VIII, which also consists
of ...
Ann Sutherland Harris, 2005
Indeed, Urban VIII was a deep believer in and an avid practitioner of astrology.
He had gone to considerable lengths to show that his election to the papacy had
come under the most powerful configuration of the stars, nearly as perfect as the
...
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Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius
At a private consistory that Urban VIII held with the cardinals on 8 March 1632,
Cardinal Borgia rose to protest against the pope's failure to support the Catholic
King Philip IV against the German Protestants. The pontiff, Cardinal Borgia
charged ...
William R. Shea, Mariano Artigas, 2003
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Power And Religion in Baroque Rome: Barberini Cultural Policies
URBAN VIII BETWEEN WHITE MAGIC AND BLACK MAGIC, OR: HOLY AND
UNHOLY POWER Introduction. Three episodes It is summer 1628. Somewhere
in his private apartments in the Quirinal Palace on Monte Cavallo, where the air
is ...
P. J. A. N. Rietbergen, 2006
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Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1667-1740) and the Vatican Tomb of ...
C. Wilkinson, "The iconography of Bernini's tomb of Urban VIII," L'Arte, 14 (1971),
54-68. Urban VIII's right arm was cast separately, probably to facilitate casting the
figure rather than to underscore the importance of the gesture: Fehl, 1981-82, ...
Edward J. Olszewski, 2004
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A House Divided: Wittelsbach Confessional Court Cultures in ...
In 1627, Wolfgang Wilhelm wrote to Urban VIII giving a report of how his brother-
in-law, Maximilian of Bavaria, and the Emperor Ferdinand II assisted him in these
confessionalizing efforts.68 Urban VIII greeted Wolfgang Wilhelm's report with a ...
9
Loci Sacri: Understanding Sacred Places
Some idea of this conflation can be gathered from a tapestry made in the 1670s
to commemorate the life and deeds of Urban VIII. The tapestry shows the pope
performing the dedication of new Saint Peter's. The pontiff is inscribing the Latin ...
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catalogue of an extensive collection of books
1632 14556 Urban VIII. (Pope). — Bull exhorting the Republic of Venice to abide
by the Decision of the King of Spain in the Disputes between the Duke of Savoy
and that State, on vellum, in very fine preservation,lOs. 6d. 29 Jan. 1633 14557 ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «URBAN VIII»
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This Day in Jewish History / Two Jewish children forcibly baptized …
This Day in Jewish History / Two Jewish children forcibly baptized – with Pope Urban VIII serving as godfather. The Church claimed Prospero di Tullio of Rome ... «Haaretz, Mar 15»
No separation between church and state on climate change
However, truth will out, and Galileo subsequently managed to offend formerly supportive Pope Urban VIII, a Jesuit, and members of the Jesuit Order, ... «American Thinker, Feb 15»
Gold coins found during renovations
A file photo of an old coin from Avignon, France, showing Pope Urban VIII. Photo: Alfredo Dagli Orti / The Art Archive / The Picture Desk / AFP. Jenny Whetton ... «Radio New Zealand, Dec 14»
Masterpiece: Let the Praises Flow
The arms are of the Barberini, the family of Pope Urban VIII, one of a series of popes ... Urban was a patron not only of the arts but of public works in Rome and ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 14»
How to visit the Pope's private gardens at Castel Gandolfo
But it wasn't until the Barberini pope Urban VIII commissioned architect Carlo Maderno to design a villa fit for a pontiff here in the 17th century that popes began ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
God and Evolution: Your Options
His precursor, by about 250 years, was Pope Urban VIII himself, the guy who got ... Urban's clever idea was that God could make the universe in any way He ... «Patheos, Jan 14»
Bishop compares opponents of gay marriage to slave owners. It's …
The same is true of Popes Paul III, Urban VIII, and Benedict XIV, all of whom long predated the English reformer, not to mention the founders and members of the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 13»
Papal fingerprints are everywhere, if you know where to look
And under Paul V's eyes, the basilica was completed. Popes Urban VIII, Innocent X and Alexander VII turned Rome into the Baroque wonder that is today–think ... «Macleans.ca, Mar 13»
The Colorful History of the Pope's Summer Home
Urban VIII (1623-1649) had the massive summer palace built and was the first pope to vacation here. German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited the ... «Spiegel Online, Feb 13»
The next pope? Meet Urban Meyer
Urban Meyer has already proven to an excellent football coach and leader of men. ... Pope Urban VIII was Pope from 1623 to 1644, and was known as a major ... «Land-Grant Holy Land, Feb 13»
