All Things Move

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https://www..com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/00_BO018_ALL-THINGS-MOVE_SAMPLE.mp3A deeply personal search for meaning in Michelangelos frescoesand an impassioned defence of the role of art in a fractured age.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 contextbut in the process, she also found what she didnt know she was looking for.All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapeltells the story of Marshalls relationship with one of our most cherished artworks. Interwoven with the history of its making and the Rome of today, its an exploration of the past in the present, the street in the museum, and the way a work of art can both terrify and alchemize the soul. An impassioned defence of the role of art in a fractured age,All Things Moveis a quietly sublime meditation on how our lives can be changed by art, if only we learn to look.Audiobook read by Fiona HyattPraise forAll Things MoveThe Sistine Chapel serves as inspiration and structure for this deeply contemplative account about life, family, art, and appreciation.New York TimesIn the era of the perpetual scroll, art still asks us to stop and look, long and slowly.All Things Moveis a rich vindication of one writers decision to do just that.Globe and MailRich, meditative . . . The book is part art history, part memoir; a case for slowing down, curiosity, a closer look.Keziah Weir,Vanity Fair[Marshalls] aimappropriate to the spirit of Renaissance humanism that inspired the frescoesbecomes one of pulling out the human stories beneath their biblical veneer, and her observations on this front are often disarmingly simple, lovely and intelligent.Emily Donaldson,Globe and MailMarshalls book is a meditation on how lives can be changed by art.Toronto StarJeannie Marshall examines how art can transform our lives . . . Marshall may not be an art historian, but she nonetheless elegantly sets the Sistine Chapel in historical context.CBC IdeasPart meditation, part cultural criticism, part therapy,All Things Movecaptures the complex range of emotions that art can sometimes elicit in us, as well as the questions that may arise as a consequence.Literary Review of CanadaElegantly voiced . . . [Marshalls] declaration of a point of view, that sense of personal experience in the face of great art and especially the right to have personal experience in the face of great art, proves to be as worthy a subject as the Sistine Chapel itself.Washington PostIn case you have a sense of wanderlust but arent able to indulge it yourself, Marshalls book . . . is a meditation on how lives can be changed by art; and guides us through how she learned how to truly see Michelangelos work, and what it has to tell us about life and art.Toronto StarAll Things Moveis an extended essay on how we experience art . . . evocative and illuminating, a moving meditation on the human impulse both to create art and to experience its power.Winnipeg Free PressPart memoir, part art theory, and all manner of exploration:All Thingsis an essay in the greatest sense of the word, a meaningful attempt to get to the very heart of why art matters.The TyeeGreat Art can often have a highbrow, inaccessible aura, but Marshalls individual approach to the Sistine Chapel makes it so compelling.McGill TribuneAll Things Move: Learning to Look at the Sistine Chapel. . . makes a unique case for considering the Chapel as something other than a religious enclave, scholarly artifact, or checklist tourist attraction. Its all those, of course, but its otherworldly qualities transcend religious, academic, or tour-bus affiliations.Canadian ArchitectMarshall does not set up her unbelief as a barrier to encounter. Rather, she allows herself to be addressed by the paintings. She opens herself to them . . . Marshall is as much seeker as skeptic.Commonweal MagazineInformative, insightful, perceptive, thought-provoking, and exceptionally reader friendly in organization and presentation,All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapelis unreservedly recommended.Midwest Book ReviewA sublime meditation on the Sistine Chapel.The National Catholic RegisterJeannie MarshallsAll Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapelbrings Michelangelos frescoes into exacting view, considering not only the details of the images and context of their making, but their ongoing situatedness in human history.PloughsharesJeannie Marshall offers a meditation on the timeless values and personal meanings in both art and religion. Full of insights into everyone from Michelangelo and Martin Luther to Barnett Newman,All Things Moveis a celebration of the power of art to make us see, feel and think.Ross King, author ofMichelangelo and the Popes CeilingAll Things Moveis not just another book, written in clear and lively sentences that anyone will want to read, detailing the history and creation of one of the greatest works of art known to mankind. Its a book that actually operates in the opposite directiona book about how we experience that work of art, and why the experience is so unforgettable. Michelangelo made a great and lasting work of art that changed history. But in Marshalls gifted hands, our experience of it becomes an adventure and a work of art in its own right. This is a book about discovery, unlike anything you have read before.Ian Brown, author ofSixtyIn the manner of the late W. G. Sebald, who shattered sundry barriers in his writing, Jeannie Marshall has produced a prose poem, a deeply personal, multi-layered, and thoroughly captivating meditation on art, spirituality, and life. I was both moved and enchanted.Modris Eksteins, author ofSolar DanceA testament to quiet patience, and what we gain when we let go of preconceptions of how we are supposed to interact with an artwork of any medium or discipline.Quill & QuireJeannie Marshalls bookAll Things Moveaddresses the splendor of the iconic Sistine Chapel from personal and universal perspectives . . . an all-encompassing intimate tour of the Sistine Chapels extraordinary wondersForeword ReviewsPraise for Jeannie MarshallMarshalls clear, direct book ably captures the frustrations of trying to find the healthiest path and inspiring kids to do the same.Kirkus ReviewsMarshall . . . writes passionately about the dangers posed by processed foodsnot just to our childrens health but to our way of life, our human attachment to the ordinary happiness of meals cooked at home from real foods.Boston GlobeEngaging . . . admirably well-researched . . . a well-timed eye-opener.Chris Nuttal-Smith,Globe and MailOutside the Boxis about teaching kids how to appreciate real food but also about how globalization is changing the way the world eats. In this beautifully written book about what needs to be done to preserve food culture in Italy and elsewhere, Marshall makes the political personal as she explains how she is teaching her son to enjoy the pleasures of eating food prepared, cooked and lovingly shared by friends and family.Marion Nestle, author ofFood Politics