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Virgilio Spada's Defence of Borromini

02/1989 | 1031 | 131

Pages: 76-90

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Author:

Connors, Joseph (Connors, Joseph)

Subjects

artists:

Borromini, Francesco

artists:

Maruscelli, Paolo

artists:

Arcucci, Camillo

buildings:

Casa dei Filippini, Rome, Italy

buildings:

Palazzo Pio, Rome, Italy

dates:

1600-1699

places:

Italy / Rome

sources:

Spada, Virgilio

subjects:

Italian architecture / Baroque / Sources

subjects:

Documents

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. View of the Piazza dell'Orologio, by G. B. Falda, 1665. (Nuovo teatro delle fabriche, I, pl. 12).

Attributed works:

2. West Wing of the Casa dei Filippini, between Borromini's Clocktower and Oratory, by Camillo Arcucci, 1659-62.

Attributed works:

3. Scalone of the Casa dei Filippini, by Camillo Arcucci, 1659-62.

Attributed works:

6. Licence for the Sidewalk along the North Wing of the Casa dei Filippini, 20th July 1652, by Camillo Arcucci (ASR, Cong. dell'Oratorio, Vol. 145, fol.8). 42 by 49 cm.

Attributed works:

7. High Altar in Borromini's Oratory, by Camillo Arcucci, 1654-64.

Attributed works:

8. Elevation of Arcucci's Altar, by G. J. de Rossi, 1684 (Insignium Romae Templorum Prospectus, pl.32).

Attributed works:

9a. Palazzo Pio in Campo de'Fiori, by Camillo Arcucci. C.1655-57. From G. Vasi, Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna, Rome, 1747-61, Vol. IV, pl.75.

Attributed works:

9b. Detail of Palazzo Pio, by Camillo Arcucci.

Western art unattributed:

4. Plan of the Casa dei Filippini in Its Unfinished State, 1650-53, with Project for Completion of West and East Wings. Anonymous after Borromini. (ASR, Arch. Spada, Vol.454, cc.453v-454r). 37 by 29 cm.

Western art unattributed:

5. Plan of the Houses Standing inside the Unfinished Courtyards of the Casa dei Filippini, 1650-59. Anonymous (ibid., cc.484v-485r). 27 by 40 cm.

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