“Vergara’s lively discussion of the comestibles and prized objects in the paintings of Clara Peeters

and this volume presents an integrated study that rises above specialization in one over the other

Steven Nelson is the dean of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington

“These interconnected essays explore astronomical knowledge

These contemporary sources—many never published before—provide a comprehensive picture of porcelains: when they were first available

Lines of Connection: Drawing and Printmaking, 1400-1850 Winter Apparel “Vergara’s lively discussion of theEdina Adam and Jamie Gabbarelli The first volume to chart the rich and reciprocal relationship between drawing and printmaking from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries. While often viewed and studied separately, drawings and prints have always been closely intertwined. They facilitated and generated the production of one another, and in some instances, clear distinctions between the two dissolved. Many artists created drawings specifically intended