The Deformation: Attention and Discernment in Catholic Reformation Art and Architecture

by Susanna Berger

A fascinating account of the use and meaning of visual and spatial distortions in seventeenth-century art and architecture

During the Catholic Reformation, patrons, artists, architects, and viewers, especially in Rome, were strongly drawn to visual and spatial distortions or "deformations"--works of art and architecture that were designed to be visually incomprehensible, at least initially. From Borromini's San Carlo alle Quattro...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691201013
• ISBN13: 9780691201016
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages