{"product_id":"the-artist-and-the-eternal-loyd-grossman-9781643137407","title":"The Artist and the Eternal City: Bernini, Pope Alexander VII, and the Making of Rome","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis brilliant vignette of seventeenth-century Rome, its Baroque architecture, and its relationship to the Catholic Church brings to life the friendship between a genius and his patron with an ease of writing that is rare in art history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Loyd Grossman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643137409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643137407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/18\/2021 pg. 1","brand":"Loyd Grossman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44052145242367,"sku":"9781643137407","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_04ec3f93-9ea6-4acd-b2f0-9b6a85ea45ba.jpg?v=1685017197","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-artist-and-the-eternal-loyd-grossman-9781643137407","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}