Rome 1643: The Art of Life

By Phil Mullis

ROME 1643: THE ART OF LIFE
In Baroque Rome, where art is power and beauty is currency, a young painter discovers that the price of truth may be higher than fame.
When Pietro Bellini's quiet, human-centered paintings catch the eye of the influential Maria Falcone, he is thrust into Rome's most elite artistic circle - a world where religious commissions shape careers, noble families pull strings behind gilded curtains, and one wrong brushstroke can end a future.
Guided by Maria and drawn to her brilliant daughter Irene, Pietro must choose between the safe path of church-approved art and the bold new realism rising in Amsterdam's open markets. As Rome's political tensions escalate during the War of Castro, Pietro's art becomes more than expression - it becomes provocation.
A story of ambition, love, and the battle for artistic truth at the heart of a changing world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G443SWBM
• ISBN13: 9798275903331
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"