<p>&lsquo;Paintings trawl time like nets, catching what<br />
stories they can, and ruins are the ground<br />
you walk.&rsquo;<br />
These prose poems take the reader through&nbsp;a gallery of European art, notionally&nbsp;situated in Rome, but only fully constituted&nbsp;in these pages. These works explore&nbsp;modes of representation and the eddying&nbsp;connections between language and visual&nbsp;imagery. They explore human history&nbsp;and culture, and history&rsquo;s connections&nbsp;to the present. Although this book is&nbsp;made of words, it will conduct you on an&nbsp;unforgettable gallery tour.</p>