Laura Foster

John Cabot University, Art History and Studio Art, Faculty Member

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My research concerns the architectural development of modern institutional architecture, concentrating upon early modern Italian examples. In teaching I focus upon Rome's architecture and urbanism from the 15th to the 20th centuries.

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The Carceri Nuove on via Giulia (1652-55): Architecture and the Display of Social Discipline

Toward the end of his pontificate, Pope Innocent X founded a new prison at the center of via Giul... more Toward the end of his pontificate, Pope Innocent X founded a new prison at the center of via Giulia. The Carceri Nuove, a joint project of Virgilio Spada and architect Antonio del Grande, represented a complete rethinking of prison spaces, including the separation of prisoners by sex, religion, and social status. The building was conspicuous not only because of its location on the noble avenue of Julius II, but also because of its external appearance. Earlier studies of the Carceri Nuove describe the “avant-garde” or Rationalist quality of its design without significant discussion of what precisely it meant to reorganize prison space and give it the external visual quality of a palazzo in the mid 17th century. In this paper, I will review the motives for the construction of the New Prisons and discuss the unusual qualities of its design in the context of contemporary ideas of social control.

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John Cabot University MA in Art History.pdf

by Laura Foster, Lila Yawn, and Carolyn Smyth

Overview of the new MA in Art History at John Cabot University in Rome

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