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An Elephant in Rome

- The Pope and the Making of the Eternal City
Af: Loyd Grossman Engelsk Hardback

An Elephant in Rome

- The Pope and the Making of the Eternal City
Af: Loyd Grossman Engelsk Hardback
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"A total delight, a brilliant vignette of 17th-century Rome, the Baroque and the Catholic church – warts and all – rolled into an erudite narrative.... with an ease of writing that is rare in art history." - Simon Jenkins

By 1650, the spiritual and political power of the Catholic Church was shattered. Thanks to the twin blows of the Protestant Reformation and the Thirty Years War, Rome, celebrated both as the Eternal City and Caput Mundi (the head of the world) had lost its pre-eminent place in Europe. Then a new Pope, Alexander VII, fired with religious zeal, political guile and a mania for building, determined to restore the prestige of his church by making Rome the must-visit destination for Europe''s intellectual, political and cultural elite. To help him do so, he enlisted the talents of Gianlorenzo Bernini, already celebrated as the most important living artist: no mean feat in the age of Rubens, Rembrandt and Velazquez.

Together, Alexander VII and Bernini made the greatest artistic double act in history, inventing the concept of soft power and the bucket list destination. Bernini and Alexander''s creation of Baroque Rome as a city more beautiful and grander than since the days of the Emperor Augustus continues to delight and attract.

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"A total delight, a brilliant vignette of 17th-century Rome, the Baroque and the Catholic church – warts and all – rolled into an erudite narrative.... with an ease of writing that is rare in art history." - Simon Jenkins

By 1650, the spiritual and political power of the Catholic Church was shattered. Thanks to the twin blows of the Protestant Reformation and the Thirty Years War, Rome, celebrated both as the Eternal City and Caput Mundi (the head of the world) had lost its pre-eminent place in Europe. Then a new Pope, Alexander VII, fired with religious zeal, political guile and a mania for building, determined to restore the prestige of his church by making Rome the must-visit destination for Europe''s intellectual, political and cultural elite. To help him do so, he enlisted the talents of Gianlorenzo Bernini, already celebrated as the most important living artist: no mean feat in the age of Rubens, Rembrandt and Velazquez.

Together, Alexander VII and Bernini made the greatest artistic double act in history, inventing the concept of soft power and the bucket list destination. Bernini and Alexander''s creation of Baroque Rome as a city more beautiful and grander than since the days of the Emperor Augustus continues to delight and attract.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9781843681939
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1843681935
Kategori: Rome
Udg. Dato: 1 jan 2020
Længde: 35mm
Bredde: 222mm
Højde: 148mm
Forlag: Pallas Athene Publishers
Oplagsdato: 1 jan 2020
Forfatter(e): Loyd Grossman
Forfatter(e) Loyd Grossman

Kategori Rome

ISBN-13 9781843681939

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 320

Udgave

Længde 35mm

Bredde 222mm

Højde 148mm

Udg. Dato 1 jan 2020

Oplagsdato 1 jan 2020

Forlag Pallas Athene Publishers