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The artist and the eternal city, Bernini, Pope Alexander VII, and the making of Rome, Loyd Grossman

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The artist and the eternal city, Bernini, Pope Alexander VII, and the making of Rome, Loyd Grossman

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-295) and index

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contains biographical information

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The artist and the eternal city

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1202305501

Responsibility statement

Loyd Grossman

Sub title

Bernini, Pope Alexander VII, and the making of Rome

Summary

"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 preeminent place in Europe. Then a new Pope, Alexander VII, fired with religious zeal, political guile, and a mania for creating new architecture, determined to restore the prestige of his church by making Rome the key 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."--Amazon

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Artist & the eternal cityBernini, Pope Alexander VII, and the making of Rome

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