Success comes at a deadly price...
When Nick Leary hears the sound of an intruder's footsteps downstairs one night,
Using as examples significant & often spectacular masterpieces, this book illustrates the diverse facets & multiple forms of the ensuring artistic introduction. This publication covers a lengthy period in art history, from the 5th century
- the fall of the Western Roman Empire
- to the 18th & the birth of the first great museums. It features 350 works from 100 or so European collections, interpreted by the continent's leading art historians.