- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: W&N (15 July 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0297825178
- ISBN-13: 978-0297825173
- Product Dimensions: 29.5 x 23.6 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 644,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Rome is famous as the capital of Christianity and the "city of a thousand churches". With a fresh perspective on the history of the Roman Catholic church recounted for the millennial jubilee, visit forty sacred buildings, from the ancient catacombs to the most recent churches raised in the sprawling suburbs, and become swept up in the stories of each one: S. Stefano Rotondo, built to honor Christianity's first martyr, has close and mysterious associations to Christ's own tomb in Jerusalem; S. Maria Sopra Minerva is filled with art treasures and the ghosts of protagonists from medieval Rome; S. Andrea al Quirinale, with its oval shape, theatrical altar, and splendid dome, epitomizes the Baroque at its height. End with the origins of jubilees and the churches dedicated to them. Plus: an introduction by Pope John Paul II's chosen deputy for the Great Jubilee.
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A spiritual-artistic history of the Rome's churches
June Hager has taken an appreciative look at the history of the Roman Catholic Church as it is revealed in the physical churches of the Eternal City. This is a wonderful combination of history, art history and stories - of the people who have served and glorified the Church through their creative powers, and of those who have lived their lives as witnesses to the faith, some more conventionally than others. The whole journey is brought to life with the photographs that give a sense of place and time as well as great beauty, whether intimate or magnificent.
June Hager has taken an appreciative look at the history of the Roman Catholic Church as it is revealed in the physical churches of the Eternal City. This is a wonderful combination of history, art history and stories - of the people who have served and glorified the Church through their creative powers, and of those who have lived their lives as witnesses to the faith, some more conventionally than others. The whole journey is brought to life with the photographs that give a sense of place and time as well as great beauty, whether intimate or magnificent.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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All of you, whether you can get to Rome for the Giubileo next year or not, should have this book. Everyone who can come to Rome in 2000 should get a copy now and start studying it.
I read through "Pilgrimage" immediately on its delivery and started my second reading, after a short night's sleep, a few hours later. Walking, book in hand, I revisited Il Gesu and S. Maria Sopra Minerva near the Pantheon with new understanding and seeing with new eyes. Those of us who are lucky enough to live in Rome have visited many churches, but most of us have seen only their surfaces. What a pleasure it was (and will continue to be) to visit them again and really know what we are seeing.
There are not enough superlatives for this book. It is definitely not another grim guide that tells which statue is where and who's in every sarcophagus. Here we get clear and careful analysis -- how and why the churches were built and then restored and redecorated, what they meant to their Catholic communities, and some clues about what they can mean to us. The text is accurate and insightful and to say that the photos are sumptuous would be a vast understatement.
We've been waiting for years for this book. There is no other with which to compare it, but how wonderful that the first of its kind is a masterpiece.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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June Hager has managed to weave the history, architecture, theology and art of the Eternal City into this splendid publication. For anyone who has been to Rome - either as a pilgrim, tourist or had the privilege of living there for a time - this book will recall magic moments. For the first-time visitor, PILGRIMAGE will prepare you to observe and better appreciate some of man's major artictic achievements - and, more importantly, the reasons and logic behind such triumphal works of art. The colour photographs are some of the best I have ever seen. Anyone planning to visit Rome during the forthcoming Jubilee year - or at any time - will have their trip enhanced by a reading of PILGRIMAGE.
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Given the significance, range and diversity of Rome's many churches (almost 1,000 in total), there are, surprisingly, few books in English which are devoted to the subject.
One of the few is June Hager's 'Pilgrimage', which was published on the eve of the 2000 Jubilee. In celebration of the event, many of the city's churches were given a well-deserved makeover and the accumulated grime of more than a century was removed. (Unfortunately, most of the photographs in the book seem to have been taken before this took place).
The book looks at the development of Christianity in Rome through forty of its churches. You will find all the usual suspects, as well as many less well-known examples, such as the delightful SS Nereo e Achilleo, which lies well beyond the typical tourist trail.
The book, unsurprisingly given its title, is aimed more at the pilgrim than the aficionado of architecture, but it is none the worse for that.
One of the few is June Hager's 'Pilgrimage', which was published on the eve of the 2000 Jubilee. In celebration of the event, many of the city's churches were given a well-deserved makeover and the accumulated grime of more than a century was removed. (Unfortunately, most of the photographs in the book seem to have been taken before this took place).
The book looks at the development of Christianity in Rome through forty of its churches. You will find all the usual suspects, as well as many less well-known examples, such as the delightful SS Nereo e Achilleo, which lies well beyond the typical tourist trail.
The book, unsurprisingly given its title, is aimed more at the pilgrim than the aficionado of architecture, but it is none the worse for that.
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