"Now available in paperback"A major art historian reflects on a great tradition of European painting. ""The Vexations of Art "is an engrossing, passionate attempt to re-engage with painting as a mode of thought at a time when 'it is not clear in what form the resource of painting--for surely painting has been a singular resource of the greater European culture--will continue."--Jackie Wullschlager, "Financial Times" "(A) fascinating book that will surely generate discussion for some time to come."--Mindy Nancarrow, "Renaissance Quarterly"
