An Elephant in Rome by Loyd Grossman
An Elephant in Rome is a book for those who love the endless fascination of the Eternal City and want a deeper and more entertaining tale of how it came to be.
"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
Famous as a TV presenter for MasterChef and Through the Keyhole, Loyd Grossman has also been deeply involved in heritage and art history. His love of Rome was kindled by his first encounter with the enigmatic and strangely beautiful monument to this relationship between artist and pope: the elephant carrying on obelisk outside Santa Maria sopra Minerva, just behind the Pantheon. Written with this as a starting point, An Elephant in Rome is a book for those who love the endless fascination of the Eternal City and want a deeper and more entertaining tale of how it came to be.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843681939 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843681935 |
| Title | An Elephant in Rome |
| Author | Loyd Grossman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pallas Athene Publishers |
| Year published | 2020-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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