What is tempera? What is fresco? What is foreshortening? What is a tondo? Concise and readable explanations of the technical terms most frequently encountered by the museum-goer, accompanied by numerous illustrations of works from the Getty Museum, London's National Gallery, and other British institutions, are presented in an easily portable format.

This edition is out of print. Revised edition available November 2009.

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