Behind the Picture: Art and Evidence in the Italian Renaissance

by Martin Kemp

Book Overview

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 description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300071957
• ISBN13: 9780300071955
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 2.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.8" x 10.0"