Behind the Picture: Art and Evidence in the Italian Renaissance by Martin Kemp

Behind the Picture: Art and Evidence in the Italian Renaissance

Martin Kemp

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nonfiction art history informative reflective medium-paced
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The Roman author Pliny tells the story--well known in the Renaissance--of the famed Grecian painter Apelles hiding behind one of his pictures to overhear the comments of spectators. Martin Kemp takes this motif as an effective point of entry into ...

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