"This book provides a survey of European painting between 1260 and 1510, in both northern and southern Europe, based largely on the National Gallery collection

"The authors look closely at a variety of types of painting - including large altarpieces, small domestic, devotional images, diplomatic gifts, furniture, decor

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This book is the first introduction to Western art that not only considers how choice of materials can impact form, but also how objects in different media can

Give the gift of art with this beautifully illustrated volume tracing the development of European painting over six centuries through one hundred pictures--each