TY - BOOK ID - 79376126 TI - The Barberini tapestries : woven monuments of baroque Rome AU - Harper, James Gordon AU - Eidelheit, Marlene AU - Taylor, John Bigelow AU - Dubler, Dianne AU - Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (Eugene, Or.) PY - 2017 SN - 9788899765316 8899765316 PB - Milano Officina Libraria DB - UniCat KW - Applied arts. Arts and crafts KW - tapestries KW - Barberini (familie) KW - Cortona, da, Pietro KW - Rubens, Peter Paul KW - Romanelli, Giovanni Francesco KW - anno 1600-1699 KW - Rome KW - Tapestry, Baroque KW - Tapestry KW - Fiber sculpture KW - Tapestries KW - Decorative arts KW - Interior decoration KW - Needlework KW - Textile fabrics KW - Wall hangings KW - Baroque tapestry KW - Conservation and restoration KW - Urban KW - Romanelli, Giovanni Francesco, KW - Romanelli, Giovan Francesco, KW - Romanellus, Jean François, KW - Urbanus KW - Urbain KW - Barberini, Maffeo Vincenzo, KW - Barberino, Maffeo, KW - Urbano KW - Exhibitions UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:79376126 AB - This book is the first sustained scholastic treatment of the Life of Christ tapestries, which were commissioned by Pope Urban VIII's nephew, Cardinal Francesco Barberini. Covering over 2800 square feet, the series is one of the grandest monuments of seventeenth century Rome. A close reading of each panel sets the tapestries into a number of overlapping contexts; they indicate the stylistic advances of the high Baroque period, as well the political and social agendas of their patrons. The introductory chapter lays out the context of Urban VIII's Rome. Subsequent chapters reconstruct the history of Cardinal Barberini's private tapestry commissions, and the activity of Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, the supervising designer of the Life of Christ. The contemporary usage and display of the tapestries is discussed, as is the transfer of the series to the United States and its subsequent display in New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The final chapter is dedicated to technical aspects of the panels, recounting their recent conservation. ER -