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"Elegant, erudite, and very readable. . . . Concentrating on the stylistic morphology of the portrait and drawing on the whole range of spiritual, cultural, and aesthetic forces that determined its development in these glorious centuries, Mr. Pope-Hennessy is able to show us these artists in a fresh light. . . . [The] book is animated by an admirable intelligence and a fine clarity."---Hilton Kramer, New York Times Book Review

The Portrait in the Renaissance

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    A Paperback / softback by John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 15 August 2023
      ISBN-13 9780691252124
      978-0691252124
      ISBN-10 0691252122
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      History of art

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      "Elegant, erudite, and very readable. . . . Concentrating on the stylistic morphology of the portrait and drawing on the whole range of spiritual, cultural, and aesthetic forces that determined its development in these glorious centuries, Mr. Pope-Hennessy is able to show us these artists in a fresh light. . . . [The] book is animated by an admirable intelligence and a fine clarity."---Hilton Kramer, New York Times Book Review

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