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

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Contents
Foreword
Figures
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Between Project and Ecstasy: the Architecture and Images of the Congregation
1 The Oratorians and the “Book of Nature”: Tommaso Bozio as a Reader of Giovan Battista Della Porta
2 Roman Devotion to Saint Philip Neri
	1 Introduction
	2 Supporters of the Cult: Gentlemen, Cardinals, and Women
	3 Prints as Relics
	4 Private Devotion and the Pamphilj
	5 Devotion and Nationality: the Florentine Nation and the Popolo Romano
	6 Conclusion
3 Nero Del Nero, Disciple and Patron of Saint Philip Neri
4 Federico Barocci, Lucca, and the Oratorians: the Commission of the Noli me Tangere (1601–1609)
	1 Barocci and the Oratorian Congregation
	2 Ludovico Buonvisi and the commission the Noli me Tangere
	3 An Ill-Fated Painting
	4 Conclusions
5 Cesena and the Oratorians: Pier Mattia Angeloni, Carlo Fontana
	1 Pier Mattia Angeloni and the Church of San Severo
	2 Carlo Fontana and the Funeral Chapel of Monsignor Sante Pilastri
	3 “Ad Exemplum Alicuius Rei”
6 Authenticating the Memory and Cult of Saint Philip Neri at the Naples Oratory
7 The Oratorian Church of Santi Prospero e Filippo in Pistoia: a Manifesto
	1 The Post-Conciliar Renovations of the Tuscan Churches
	2 The Oratorian Church of San Filippo Neri in Florence and Pietro Da Cortona
	3 Pistoia, a Tuscan City in the Early Seventeenth Century
	4 The Confraternity of the Holy Cross and the Birth of the Oratorian Congregation in Pistoia
	5 Giovanni Lafri: an Architect for the New Church of Santi Prospero e Filippo
	6 The Rospigliosi: a Great Tuscan Family on the Rise
	7 The Church of Santi Prospero and Filippo in Pistoia and Its Architecture
	8 A Celebratory Building for the Rospigliosi Family and a Manifesto for Tuscan Architecture in the Early Seventeenth Century
8 “Highly Meritorious for Their Culture and Teaching
	1 Prelude
	2 The House of Espírito Santo Da Pedreira
	3 The Painting Collection Formerly Owned by the Oratorians
	4 Epilogue
9 André Soares and the Architecture of the Congregados Convent in Braga (1755–1768)
	1 Introduction
	2 An Intriguing Drawing: Congregants’ House: Ground Floor Design (Prior to 1750)
	3 The Work on the Corner with the Cangosta Da Palha
	4 The Church’s Façade
	5 Oratorian Upper Choir
	6 The Monks’ Chapel: André Soares’s Final Masterpiece
10 Between Villages and Walls: Legacy of the Oratorian Missionaries in Pernambuco (Brazil)
	1 Prelude: the Originality of the Portuguese Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri
	2 The Missiological Spirit of the Oratorians in Brazil
	3 Remaining Artistic Heritage of the Oratorian Missionaries in Brazil
	4 Evangelisation Activity among the Urban Population of Recife
	5 Epilogue: Remains of the Oratorians in Brazil
11 Oratorians of Saint Philip Neri in Goa: a Paradigm of Goan-Ness
	1 Initial Notes
	2 Political-Religious Context of Portuguese India
	3 Creation of the Congregation of the Oratory of the Holy Cross of Miracles in Goa
	4 The Church of the Holy Cross of Miracles
	5 A Goan Typology of Church Façades
	6 The Goan-Ness of the Church of the Holy Cross of Miracles
	7 Final Notes
12 Typological Models of Goan Oratorian Churches in Sri Lanka
	1 Introduction
	2 Oratorian Church Models during the Dutch Period (1687–1806)
		2.1 First Mission Stations and Early Churches
		2.2 First Models of Oratorian Churches
		2.3 Public Churches
	3 Expansion of the Network of Churches
		3.1 Destruction of Churches
		3.2 Resumption of the Construction Campaign
	4 Oratorian Church Models during the British Period (1806–1857)
		4.1 Religious Freedom and New Constructions
		4.2 Architectural Quality and Expression of Churches
		4.3 Typological Models of Larger Churches
			4.3.1 Churches of a Single Nave
			4.3.2 Churches of a Single Nave with Chancel
			4.3.3 Churches of Three Naves with Chancel
			4.3.4 Convent Church
	5 Conclusion
13 Oratorian Architecture in Spain during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
	1 Introduction
	2 Particularities of the Spanish Sociohistorical Context
	3 Putting Faith in the Model of Vignola during the Seventeenth Century
	4 Dynamic Proposals of the Eighteenth Century
	5 Epilogue
14 True Portraits of Saint Philip Neri and Their Circulation in New Spain
	1 Introduction
	2 Saint Philip Neri in Front of the Virgin Mary
	3 Vera Effigies of the Holy Founder
	4 Final Reflexion
15 Continuity and Discontinuity through the Artistic Legacy of the Jesuits and Oratorians
	1 The Presence of the Society of Jesus after its Expulsion
	2 The Jesuits and Devotional Images of Virgin Mary: the Case of Francis Borgia and Santa Maria Maggiore
	3 Spiritual Continuity, Symbolic Discontinuity: Portraiture as an Apparatus of Political Iconography
16 John Henry Newman on Church Architecture: Preservation of Type and Power of Assimilation
	1 Principles of Church Architecture
	2 Newman and Gothic Architecture
	3 The University Church in Dublin
	4 Conclusion
Index of Names
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