With richly reproduced illustrations

"If the whole of a town is in the end not visually pleasing

The collection includes a wealth of exquisitely made traditional weavings

Teviotdale is a former associate curator of manuscripts at the Getty Museum

Under pressure to exhibit and sell its artistic products abroad

Paragons and Paragone: Van Eyck, Raphael, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Bernini medieval With richly reproduced illustrationsRudolf Preimesberger The paragonethe notion of competition and rivalry among the artshas been a topic of debate for centuries. It erupted with great force in the Renaissance, with sculptors vying with painters for superiority, modern artists competing with the ancients, and painting challenging poetry. If the traces of this lively conversation are most evident in the literature, the remarkable scholarship presented here demonstrates how the paragone