New Light on Old MastersThese studies on the interpretation of images focus on the greatest artists of the Renaissance - notably Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo - and all reflect the author's deep and abiding concern with standards, values and problems of method. |
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Preface | 7 |
Polemics and Rivalry | 61 |
Ideal and Type in Italian Renaissance Painting | 89 |
Copyright | |
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