The ulterior motifs of Aby Warburg
A new life of a very singular art historian places his work in the intellectual contexts of his time
The restorers who took a creative approach to Renaissance paintings
A new study assesses 19th-century interventions on paintings by Giotto and other masters, and their impact on art history
The Italian statesman who redefined Renaissance art
Giovanni Morelli was a complex character, as attentive to the state of the Italian nation as he was to its art
For the future of scholarship, the National Art Library must be protected
The V&A says it’s protecting the jobs of librarians (for now), but the fate of the greatest art library in the UK remains uncertain