Books by David S. Areford

The essays gathered here are written by scholars of both medieval and Renaissance art history, demonstrating methodological approaches that combine the pursuits of traditional connoisseurship and iconography with those of critical theory and historiography. The authors also contribute to important issues such as the study of gender, text and image.

Structured around the interconnected case studies and driven by a methodology of material, contextual, and iconographic analysis, this book argues that early European single-sheet prints, in both the north and south, are best understood as highly accessible objects shaped and framed by individual viewers.