In his rich and detailed study

Die Entstehung der Barockkunst in Rom

"The coupling of high-quality reproductions of the original platinum prints with perceptive commentary offers a broad audience considerable insight into this photographic process

and Ornella Salvadori

a World Heritage Site near Dunhuang in western China

Masaccio: Saint Andrew and the Pisa Altarpiece Getty Villa In his rich and detailedEliot W. Rowlands Ranked by many scholars as the greatest master of early Italian Renaissance painting, Masaccio (14011428) was the first artist to use effects of light to create three dimensional images on a two dimensional plane. This achievement, revolutionary in Masaccio's day, is one of the painter's significant contributions to art history. This book explores Masaccio's accomplishment as epitomized by the multipaneled painting of which the Saint