The Look of the Past : Visual and Material Evidence in Historical Practice (Hardcover)

A handbag?; Introduction; 1. Description and evidence; Essay ? a 'sumptuous structure': the Wren Library at Trinity College, Cambridge; 2. Craft, skills and visual intelligence; Essay ? 'the jewel of the church': Bernini's Ecstasy of St Teresa; 3. Periodisation; Essay ? photographing 'the family of man'; 4. Audiences and display; Essay ? deposits of friendship: Renoir's 1908 portrait of Ambroise Vollard; 5. Comparative analysis; List of reference works.