Autorentext
Richard Wittman is Associate Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Architecture, Print Culture, and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century France, as well as numerous articles on eighteenth and nineteenth-century European architectural history and theory.

Klappentext

"Proposing a new prehistory of the great Catholic revival after 1850, this book traces the reconstruction the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls within the context of the Church's struggle to adapt to a radically changing world"--

Inhalt

I. Fire in the Temple: 1. Disenchanting Histories; 2. 'A Portent, Beyond Statues Sweating Blood in the Forum...'; 3. Future Visions; 4. Broadening the Debate; 5. Reframing the Debate; 6. Catholic Romanticism; II. Resurrecting San Paolo: 7. Matters of Money; 8. Resisting Resurrection; 9. The End of a Generation; III. Reimagined Sacred Histories: 10. Luigi Poletti and the Challenge of Rebuilding San Paolo; 11. Peter and Paul; 12. Material Histories; 13. Prelude to a Revolution; 14. Eighteen Forty-Eight; IV. From Paul to Mary: 15. Pius IX and Romantic Aesthetics; 16. Two Days in December.