Italy in the Baroque

Contents Preface vii Introduction 1 1. Science and Philosophy 22 The New Cosmos and the Old 1. Federico Cesi, Free Inquiry and the Accademia dei Lincei (1616) 23 2. Tommaso Campanella, On the Sense of Things (1604) 37 3. Paolo Sarpi, Thoughts (1583-91) 55 The Galileo Affair 4. Galileo Galilei, The Assayer (1623) 69 5. Mario Guiducci, Letter to Galileo (1625) 80 Galileans and their Adversaries 6. The Accademia del Cimento, Physical and Astronomical Observations (1660-7) 82 7. Geminiano Montanari, Physico-Mathematical Thoughts (1667) 100 8. Francesco Redi, Experiments on the Generation of Insects (1668) 115 Reform of Medical Institutions 9. Leonardo Di Capua, Opinion on the Origin and Progress of Medicine (1681) 124 2. The Preservation of the Past 147 From Chronicle to Historiography 10. Paolo Sarpi, History of the Interdict (1624) 148 11. Giovanni Baldinucci, Memoirs of the Plague in Florence (1613- 48) 183 12. Pier Giovanni Capriata, The War of Mantua and Montferrat (1638) 208 13. Alessandro Giraffi, The Neapolitan Revolution (1647) 239 Cultural History 14. Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Life of Caravaggio (1672) 275 15. Filippo Baldinucci, Life of Bernini (1682) 284 3. Political and Civic Affairs 292 Reason of State and Political Economy 16. Traiano Boccalini, Reports from Parnassus (1605-13) 293 17. Antonio Serra, Why Naples is Poorer than Venice (1613) 304 18. Virgilio Malvezzi, Discourses on Cornelius Tacitus (1612) 311 Press Control 19. Paolo Sarpi, On Slanderous Books (1621) 332 20. Ferrante Pallavicino, The Postman Robbed (1641) 336 Politics and the Subject 21. Gregorio Leti, Lampoons (1666-7) 341 22. Gaspare Squarciafico, The Political Maladies of the Republic of Genoa and Their Cure (1654) 348 23. Giovanni Battista De Luca, The Vernacular Lawyer (1673) 362 New Social Concepts 24. Torquato Accetto, Honest Dissembling (1641) 368 25. Simone Luzzatto, Discourse on the Condition of the Jews, Especially in Venice (1638) 385 26. Ovidio Montalbani, The Glories of the Trades (1656) 398 27. Arcangela Tarabotti, Innocence Undone (1651) 407 4. Aesthetics 425 Visual Arts 28. Giovanni Battista Agucchi, Treatise on Painting (ca. 1615) 426 29. Guarino Guarini, Civil Architecture (1679-81) 436 Literature 30. Giambattista Marino, How to Steal (1620) 457 31. Emanuele Tesauro, The Aristotelian Telescope (1654) 460 32. Sforza Pallavicino, Science and the Dialogue (1661) 487 The Stage 33. Cristoforo Ivanovich, A Day at the Theater (1681) 491 34. Andrea Perrucci, The Art of Representation (1699) 495 5. Spirituality 518 Mysticism 35. Achille Gagliardi, Brief Compendium of Christian Perfection (1588) 519 36. Caterina Paluzzi, Autobiography (1608) 538 Daily Christian Life 37. Paolo Segneri, Lenten Sermon (1679) 557 38. A Good Confession (1672) 565 39. Cardinal Francesco Degli Albizzi, Report on Quietism (1682) 572 Religion and the Disciplines 40. Science Journalism and the Eucharist (1674) 580 41. Lorenzo Magalotti, Letters against Atheism (1682-3) 582 6. Beyond the Baroque 606 42. Benedetto Menzini, Arcadia Returned to Arcadia (1692) 608 43. Annibale Albani, Art in Wartime (1704) 617 44. Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Against Academies (1704) 622 Notes 629 Index 679