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The Ethics and Aesthetics of Architecture: The Anglican Reception of Roman Baroque Churches
doi: 10.5334/ah.75
The Ethics and Aesthetics of Architecture: The Anglican Reception of Roman Baroque Churches
For Anglican travellers in Italy, Rome had an ambiguous status. It was the seat both of high culture and of ‘superstitious’ Roman Catholic practices, including art and architecture. These extremes culminated in church buildings. This article studies the perception and reaction of English travellers in Rome towards architecture of the Roman Catholic Church and its influence on English church architecture. It will reveal the church building as an aesthetic object, in addition to possessing religious qualities, through the analysis of printed travelogues and engravings that circulated amongst the English Grand Tour travellers. By analysing the travelogue discourse — with particular attention to descriptions of specific church buildings and any intentional omissions in these descriptions — and examining the relationship between these discourses and contemporary English aesthetic theories, I will demonstrate how a certain appreciation for Roman Baroque church architecture was made acceptable and could even inspire the design of English church architecture. As will become clear, the process of travel included the separation of moral and artistic values in aesthetic appreciation. This separation made the cultural transfer between Italy and England possible in the 17th and early 18th centuries.
ispartof: Architectural Histories vol:4 issue:1 pages:1-13
status: published
- KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Belgium
- KU Leuven Belgium
- "KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Belgium
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (DistriNet- iMINDS) Belgium
Microsoft Academic Graph classification: History High culture media_common.quotation_subject Visual arts Baroque Perception Architecture media_common Object (philosophy) Canon law Aesthetics
Library of Congress Subject Headings: lcsh:NA1-9428 lcsh:Architecture
History, Visual Arts and Performing Arts, NA1-9428, Church architecture, Baroque, History of Architecture, Architecture, Grand Tour, England, Grand Tour , Church Architecture, Baroque
History, Visual Arts and Performing Arts, NA1-9428, Church architecture, Baroque, History of Architecture, Architecture, Grand Tour, England, Grand Tour , Church Architecture, Baroque
Microsoft Academic Graph classification: History High culture media_common.quotation_subject Visual arts Baroque Perception Architecture media_common Object (philosophy) Canon law Aesthetics
Library of Congress Subject Headings: lcsh:NA1-9428 lcsh:Architecture
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