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A social history of reception, this study focuses on sacred art and Catholicism in Rome during the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The five altarpieces examined here were painted by artists who are admired today - Caravaggio, Guercino, and Guido Reni - and by the less renowned but once influential Tommaso Laureti and Andrea Commodi. By shifting attention from artistic intentionality to reception, Pamela Jones reintegrates these altarpieces into the urban fabric of early modern Rome, allowing us to see the five paintings anew through the eyes of their original audiences, both women and men, rich and poor, pious and impious.

Altarpieces, Italian --- Christianity and art --- Art and society --- Catholic Church --- History --- altarpieces --- Baroque --- Retables italiens --- Christianisme et art --- Art et société --- altaarstukken --- kerk (interieur) --- Laureti, Tommaso --- Caravaggio --- Commodi, Andrea --- Guercino --- Art et société --- Religious architecture --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Rome --- religieuze kunst --- sociale geschiedenis --- 16de eeuw --- 17de eeuw --- Catholic Church. --- Eglise catholique --- Histoire --- interieur van een kerk --- Altarpieces, Italian - Italy - Rome --- Christianity and art - Catholic Church --- Art and society - Italy - Rome - History - 16th century --- Art and society - Italy - Rome - History - 17th century --- altaarstukken. --- religieuze kunst. --- interieur van een kerk. --- sociale geschiedenis. --- Laureti, Tommaso. --- Caravaggio. --- Commodi, Andrea. --- Guercino. --- 16de eeuw. --- 17de eeuw. --- Rome.