Keith Miller (3) (1966–)
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I cannot say I exactly follow all the details Miller explains, and perhaps I got a little bogged down with the elaborate burials in the crypt and reconstructions of the possible or probably location for the burial of the first pope, but I did stick with it.
There are occasional observations that make this a delicious read. Pg. 110: "Marble is carnal stuff. Often it looks less like stone than food. Melted and churned by intense volcanic heat..." and later, pg. 114; "...gleaming marble surfaces of mottled reds and fatty whites give parts of the interior a weirdly anatomical character, as if the visitor were Jonah, cast into the belly of a giant fish...."
And as I have had a Catholic education (and partly under the Jesuits, no less) I was a little concerned I might argue with the author about the history of The Church, but found the book's focus was mostly elsewhere. There is some sly humor as well. Discussing the Stuart monument by Canova, Miller comments on the two carved "ephebic youths who were partly draped...but whose heavy, epicene bottoms still seem to carry a slightly heavier patina than the rest of the monument, as if many classically inclined visitors had drawn a dreamy finger across them in some private ritual down the years" [ p. 161].
This is a great introduction or reacquaintance to a great architectural monument, and I look forward to more books in this series if they are written with the same informative and enlightened outlook.… (mehr)