:The Papacy and the Art of Reform in Sixteenth-Century Rome: Gregory XIII's Tower of the Winds in the Vatican

Abstract

Part I. Imagery of Counter-Reformation Rome, the Vatican, and the Papacy Under Gregory XIII: 1. Reformed Rome and the person of the pope 2. The Tower of the Winds and calendar reform Part II. 3. Architecture unifying imagery of rule and retreat 4. The meridian room: art of time, cosmos, and the counter reformation 5. Cycles: rooms of old testament patriarchs, apostles, Tobias, and old testament women views: room with topographical views room of imaginary views 6. Conclusion.