Beauty, Devotion and Spirituality: The Art and Culture of the Oratorians of Saint Philip Neri

by Joaquim Rodrigues Dos Santos (Other)

Overview

There is scant research on the art produced under the Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, with the exception of a couple of general books focused primarily on major Oratorian art pieces. Therefore, this book of essays aims to discuss the art and culture produced by or associated with the Oratorians by providing a broad overview focused especially on rarely investigated issues. The authors focus on this very important artistic production, commonly forgotten when compared with other religious productions of art, by covering geographical areas spanning from Sri Lanka to Mexico, including Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, India and Brazil.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004695474
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/20/2024
Series:	Studies in Religion and the Arts , #21
Pages:	378
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)

About the Author

Joaquim Rodrigues dos Santos, Ph.D. (2012), researcher at the ARTIS - Institute of Art History, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon. His research focuses on the history and preservation of Portuguese architecture He has published several essays on this subject.

Table of Contents

Foreword
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Between Project and Ecstasy: the Architecture and Images of the Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri
 Daniele Ferrara

1 The Oratorians and the “Book of Nature”: Tommaso Bozio as a Reader of Giovan Battista Della Porta
 Gennaro Cassiani
2 Roman Devotion to Saint Philip Neri: How the Oratory Promoted Sanctity through Prints and Celebrations
 Valentina Emiliani
3 Nero Del Nero, Disciple and Patron of Saint Philip Neri
 Valentina Catalucci
4 Federico Barocci, Lucca, and the Oratorians: the Commission of the Noli me Tangere (1601–1609)
 Luca Baroni
5 Cesena and the Oratorians: Pier Mattia Angeloni, Carlo Fontana, and the Presumed Legacy of Francesco Borromini
 Iacopo Benincampi
6 Authenticating the Memory and Cult of Saint Philip Neri at the Naples Oratory
 Glenys Adams
7 The Oratorian Church of Santi Prospero E Filippo in Pistoia: a Manifesto of Seventeenth-Century Architecture in Tuscany
 Costantino Ceccanti
8 “Highly Meritorious for Their Culture and Teaching in the Sciences and the Arts”: the Artistic Culture of the Oratorians of Saint Philip Neri in Lisbon
 Sofia Braga
9 André Soares and the Architecture of the Congregados Convent in Braga (1755–1768)
 Eduardo Pires de Oliveira
10 Between Villages and Walls: Legacy of the Oratorian Missionaries in Pernambuco (Brazil)
 Ana Lucia Nascimento, Ana Ligia Lira, and Joaquim Rodrigues dos Santos
11 Oratorians of Saint Philip Neri in Goa: a Paradigm of Goan-Ness
 Joaquim Rodrigues dos Santos
12 Typological Models of Goan Oratorian Churches in Sri Lanka: a Unique Oratorian Architectural Typology
 Sagara Jayasinghe
13 Oratorian Architecture in Spain during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
 José Antonio Díaz-Gómez
14 True Portraits of Saint Philip Neri and Their Circulation in New Spain
 Erika B. González León
15 Continuity and Discontinuity through the Artistic Legacy of the Jesuits and Oratorians
 Luis Javier Cuesta Hernández and Berenice Pardo Hernández
16 John Henry Newman on Church Architecture: Preservation of Type and Power of Assimilation
 Uwe Michael Lang

Index