Grumpy Art Historian

Picture: Amazon Nicholas A. Eckstein  Painted Glories: The Brancacci Chapel in Renaissance Florence   Yale University Press 2014 £40 ...

Picture: Britannica Deeply depressing news about Chartres Cathedral 'restoration'. Pure vandalism. Artwatch and NYRB coverage i...

    Leo Strauss was a political theorist who sought hidden messages in philosophical texts. He thought that great thinkers wrote esoteric...

Picture: Christie's The best old master sold this season was a sculpture, Adriaen de Vries A Bacchic Figure Supporting a Globe , a ...

Jerry Saltz gives us the definitive  guide to Art Basel. Do click through - this is inspired! Best guide to the Elgin loan debate is the...