DYNAMICS OF ARCHITECTURE IN LATE BAROQUE ROME

This is the first study to characterize the architectural patronage of CardinalPietro Ottoboni (1667-1740), and to identify twelve a rchitects during his halfcentury of patronage in his Ecclesiastical court of the Cancelleria. Most eminentamong them were Filippo Ju varra and Domenico Gregorini. Commercial andprivate theaters in the palace are located from archival data, roommeasurements, drawing s, diary accounts, Correspondence of the FrenchAcademy, and palimpsests of architectural details. The size, shape, appearance,capaci ty, and ...[Read more]