An artist and the Pope
Angelo Rancalli, son of a tenant farmer near Bergamo, Italy, grew up to become Pope John XXIII, possibly the best-loved Pope of all time. And Giacomo Manzu, son of a Bergamo shoemaker and church sexton, grew up to become one of the greatest sculptors of our time, whose political sympathies earned...
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Angelo Rancalli, son of a tenant farmer near Bergamo, Italy, grew up to become Pope John XXIII, possibly the best-loved Pope of all time. And Giacomo Manzu, son of a Bergamo shoemaker and church sexton, grew up to become one of the greatest sculptors of our time, whose political sympathies earned him the Lenin Peace Price. The relationship between these two townsmen, the Pope and the Communist artist who had lost his faith, is the subject of this moving and revealing book.
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Format: Hardcover
ASIN: B0007J1YVS
Publish date: 1968
Publisher: Peter Davies
Pages no: 249
Edition language: English
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