All Things Move

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Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel

By Jeannie Marshall

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All Things Move by Jeannie Marshall is a deeply personal journey into the heart of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes. Marshall explores their historical context and enduring significance, intertwining her own reflections with the vibrant life of contemporary Rome. The book offers a meditation on how art can transform the soul, serving as a defence of its vital role in a divided modern world.
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This thoughtful work will appeal to readers interested in art, spirituality, and cultural history. It is especially suited to those who appreciate memoirs intertwining personal experience with broader artistic and historical themes.

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A deeply personal search for meaning in Michelangelo's frescoes—and an impassioned defence of the role of art in a fractured age.

What do we hope to get out of seeing a famous piece of art? Jeannie Marshall asked that question of herself when she started visiting the Sistine Chapel frescoes. She wanted to understand their meaning and context—but in the process, she also found what she didn't know she was looking for.

All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel tells the story of Marshall's relationship with one of our most cherished artworks. Interwoven with the history of its making and the Rome of today, it's an exploration of the past in the present, the street in the museum, and the way a work of art can both terrify and alchemize the soul.

An impassioned defence of the role of art in a fractured age, All Things Move is a quietly sublime meditation on how our lives can be changed by art, if only we learn to look.

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Praise for All Things Move

"The Sistine Chapel serves as inspiration and structure for this deeply contemplative account about life, family, art, and appreciation." — New York Times

"Rich, meditative . . . The book is part art history, part memoir; a case for slowing down, curiosity, a closer look." — Keziah Weir, Vanity Fair

"Elegantly voiced . . . [Marshall's] declaration of a point of view, that sense of personal experience in the face of great art and especially the right to have personal experience in the face of great art, proves to be as worthy a subject as the Sistine Chapel itself." — Washington Post

"In the era of the perpetual scroll, art still asks us to stop and look, long and slowly. All Things Move is a rich vindication of one writer’s decision to do just that." — Globe and Mail

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781771965330

Publisher: Biblioasis

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 May 2023

Country: Canada

Imprint: Biblioasis

Illustration: 40 color images

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

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Jeannie Marshall Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality

About the Author

Jeannie Marshall, and elsewhere.