‘Pleasure and Politics at the Court of France. The Artistic Patronage of Queen Marie of Brabant (1260-1321)‘ by Tracy Chapman Hamilton has been awarded with the 2020 Annual Book Prize of the International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA). “Tracy Chapman Hamilton presents an intellectually rich recuperation of an understudied Gothic patron, refined aesthete, and politically…

A contribution by Eric Fernie CBE FRSE FBA FSA Director of the Courtauld Institute from 1995 to 2003 President of the Society of Antiquaries of London from 2004 to 2007 “The dating of Romanesque sculpture by style can be a fraught undertaking. The quality of Kahn’s scholarship is clearly indicated by her completely convincing re-dating…

A contribution by Philippe Cordez The German Center for Art History – DFK Paris The idea of studying the Venetian art of commodities came to me in spring 2013, while spending a few days in Venice at the Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani – and more specifically, in its library. In thinking about art historical…

A contribution by Marie Tanner Titian’s mythological paintings for King Philip II of Spain, known collectively as the Poesie, have long been appreciated by scholars for their ravishing beauty due in equal measure to Titian’s mastery as a painter and to their seductive themes drawn from classical mythology.  Three international exhibitions devoted to the Poesie…

A contribution by Guido Rebecchini The Courtauld Institute of Art The subject of this book began to materialize as soon as I moved away from the streets and squares of Rome where I had grown up, first to Florence, then Los Angeles, Mantua and, finally, to London. Each of these cities, large and small, underscored…