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The Face of Rome: Seventeenth Century Papal Patronage and the Formation of Public and Private Space – The Palazzo Carpegna and the Trevi Fountain

Melander, Karen Joy
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The Palazzo Carpegna is most well-known for a series of unconstructed plans designed by Francesco Borromini from approximately 1638 to 1644, currently held by the Albertina Museum in Vienna. The form of the proposed Palazzo Carpegna was frequently reconfigured to adjust to the functional requirements of its elite patrons while corresponding to the everchanging property lines and the adjacent Trevi piazza and fountain, which were also being expanded and renewed. Borromini made creative use of public space that was manipulated to further the interests of the Carpegna family, using existing laws and government expropriation. By the end of the seventeenth century, through extensive litigation and significant expense, the Carpegna site had expanded to a triangular-shaped wedge with its apex on the Piazza Cornaro, its east edge along the vicolo Scavolino extending to the via del Lavatore, and its western edge along via della Stamperia adjacent to the newly located Trevi Fountain and expanded piazza. Although there are a variety of studies on the forces that influenced the significant changes to early modern Rome, as well as expansive analyses of the Palazzo Carpegna, this thesis will directly relate the plans created by Borromini to the functional requirements of the aristocratic and ecclesiastical Carpegna family and the influences of papal patronage in the adjoining area of Rome. A specific focus will be on Borromini’s design process of the Palazzo Carpegna and how his plans responded to both the functional needs of the patron and the contextual features of the immediate environment, such as the ongoing design and construction of the Trevi Fountain and Piazza.
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Master of Arts in Art History -- John Cabot University, Spring 2023.
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2023
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Palazzo Carpegna (Rome, Italy), Fontana di Trevi (Rome, Italy), Art patronage
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Melander, Karen Joy. "The Face of Rome: Seventeenth Century Papal Patronage and the Formation of Public and Private Space– The Palazzo Carpegna and the Trevi Fountain". Master's Thesis, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. 2023.
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