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I. INTRODUCTORY

II. THE FARNESE PALACE

III. THE FARNESE GALLERY

IV. THE YOUNG CARAVAGGIO IN ROME, SECULAR SUBJECTS

V. CARAVAGGIO AT THE CONTARELLI CHAPEL

VI. THE CERASI CHAPEL, CARAVAGGIO MEETS ANNIBALE

VII. CARAVAGGIO, SACRED THEMES

VIII. CARAVAGGISTI: ITALY, FRANCE, AND SPAIN

IX. BERNINI AT THE VILLA BORGHESE

X. ST PETER'S COMPLETED: FACADE AND CROSSING

XI. ST PETER'S DECORATED: ALTARPIECES 1

XII. ST PETER'S DECORATED: ALTARPIECES 2

XIII. ARISTOCRATIC ROMANS AT HOME: BUILDINGS AND DECORATIONS FOR PAPAL FAMILIES

XIV. NICOLAS POUSSIN, EASEL PAINTER FOR HIRE

XV. VELAZQUEZ AT THE COURT OF SPAIN

XVI. POUSSIN, CLAUDE, AND LANDSCAPE

XVII. THE CORNARO CHAPEL, Rome, Santa Maria della Vittoria, 1645-52

XVIII. THE PATRONAGE OF INNOCENT X PAMPHILI

XIX. SMALL URBAN CHURCH FOR THE SPANISH DISCALCED TRINITARIANS

XX. TO MAKE A JESUIT: Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, 1658-70. Commissioned by Cardinal Camillo Pamphili, nephew of Pope Innocent X.

XXI. "MY CARRIAGE CAN NOW TURN:" ALEXANDER VII REBUILDS SANTA MARIA DELLA PACE

XXII. ST PETER'S: PRELUDE AND CODA

XXIII. VELAZQUEZ DEPICTS THE SPANISH ROYAL FAMILY

XXIV. THE ARTIST PAINTS HIMSELF/HERSELF

XXV. LOUIS XIV'S NEW LOUVRE

XXVI. BERNINI'S TRIP TO FRANCE

XXVII. LOUIS XIV'S STAGES ABSOLUTISM; first additions by Louis Le Vau and later ones by Jules Hardouin Mansart, begun 1669.

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