Papal Art and Cultural Politics: Rome in the Age of Clement XI

Introduction 1. Gianfrancesco Albani: an intellectual and cultural biography 2. Art, science and iseas in the Rome of Clement XI 3. Papal art and patronage and the early Christian revival 4. The Albani works at Saint Peter's and Saint John Lateran 5. The Albani restorations of early Christian basilicas: San Clemente, Santa Maria in Cosmedin and Santa Maria in Montecelli 6. The art patronage of Clement XI: minor projects 7. The Albani chapel in San Sebastino Fuori le Mura 8. Roman urbanism under Clement XI Conclusion Appendix I: The Lateran nave Appendix II: The San Clemente nave Appendix III: Supplica, from Santa Maria in Monticelli Selected bibliography Bibliographic addenda.