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Vatican: A Private Visit to a Secret World Assouline – Collection

Original price was: $ 1.200.Current price is: $ 300.

SKU: us_7544903762087 Category: Print Books Tags: Back to School, Familiar Names_Assouline, Forgotten, Home Decor, Home Decor_Tabletop Books, New 23-01, What's New

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242 pages
200 illustrations
English language
Released in December 2022
Handcrafted volume in a velvet clamshell case with metal plate tip-on
Complimentary white gloves and a signature canvas tote bag are included with each purchase from Assouline’s Ultimate Collection

Dimensions: W 15.7 x L 19 x D 3.2 in

More than just an enclave within the city of Rome, the Vatican is a complex city-state that for many people still conjures up notions of secrecy. The Vatican has always exercised powers of fascination and seduction over us, with its history stretching back nearly twenty centuries, its spirituality, its scandals and its enigmas. As a fantasy world, it has inspired cinematic visions from Federico Fellini’s Roma to Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather: Part III and Paolo Sorrentino’s The New Pope. But what is the real Vatican?

With nearly three hundred popes and antipopes, not to mention a fictitious female pope, among these figures there are a few saints and many sinners. To borrow an ancient image, the Vatican is like Noah’s Ark, containing animals of all kinds, both pure and impure. From the Roman Catholic Church’s earliest developments under Emperor Constantine, to the notorious popes who nevertheless cultivated the artistic flowering of the Renaissance, to modern-day pontiffs who must navigate the media and issues of social and political sensitivity, the Vatican has endured through historical upheavals and religious schisms, acquiring an unprecedented level of prestige and carving out a presence for itself on the diplomatic stage.

Illustrated with archival images and dramatic photography, this handcrafted Ultimate Collection volume features insightful texts by renowned journalist Caroline Pigozzi, a specialist in Vatican history, and historian Giovanni Maria Vian, former editor in chief of L’Osservatore Romano newspaper, revealing hidden stories that have unfolded within these labyrinthine corridors.

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Vatican: A Private Visit to a Secret World Assouline – Collection

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