Author Interview: Jeannie Marshall's "All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel"
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Author Interview: Jeannie Marshall's "All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel"

B1IntermediateOctober 30, 202337 min
  • Interview
  • Arts & culture

Hello, listeners! I’ve got a special surprise for you this week. I’ve been waiting to share this amazing conversation that I enjoyed recently with expat and author Jeannie Marshall about her lovely book, All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel. 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. ...

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I'm Shannon Maldonado, a brand-in-the-artesan-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive-productive- there, everybody. Welcome back, and thank you for listening to another bonus episode today with Art Curious. I am happy to share with you an awesome conversation that I had this past summer with Jeannie Marshall, the author of All Things Move, Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel. I loved this book,

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which is a deeply personal search for meaning in Michelangelo's frescos and also an impassioned

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