Barasch expertly guides the reader from the interwoven traditions of antiquity, through the aesthetic values of the Middle Ages, to the branching out of art history, art criticism, abstract aesthetics in the late Renaissance. Introduction to the Routledge Edition (2000) xi Introduction xxiii Antiquity Introduction 1(3) The Philosophers 4(10) Plato 4(5) Aristotle 9(5) Teachings of the Workshops 14(8) Xenophon 14(2) Polyclitus 16(2) Xenocrates 18(4) The Problem of the Artist 22(12) Social Conditions 23(2) The artist's imagination 25(9) Plotinus 34(11) The Middle Ages 45(63) Iconoclasm 47(13) The Early Middle Ages: The West 60(9) Workshop Literature 69(18) Aesthetic Values in the Late Middle Ages 87(10) Scholasticism 97(11) The Early Renaissance 108(55) The Imitation of Nature: A Concept Emerges 114(6) Alberti: The Birth of a New Theory of Art 120(7) ``Correct Imitation'': Art and Science 127(3) Anatomy 130(2) Leonardo da Vinci 132(10) Durer 142(6) Formal Correctness: Perspective 148(15) The Artist and the Medium: Some Facets of the High Renaissance 163(40) Paragone 164(10) Rise of the Creative Artist 174(16) Social conditions 175(5) The artist's nature 180(6) The gift of creativity 186(4) Michelangelo 190(13) The Late Renaissance 203(107) New Authors and New Readers 203(6) Florence and Rome 209(32) Vasari 209(19) Vincenzio Danti 228(8) Armenini 236(5) Venice 241(21) Prelude 243(4) Hypnerotomachia Poliphili 247(2) The system of painting 249(10) Beginnings of criticism 259(3) Northern Italy 262(29) The iconographic manual comes into being 263(7) Lomazzo: The system 270(15) Lomazzo: A doctrine of styles 285(6) Rebelling Against the Rules: The Last Phase of Renaissance Art Theory 291(19) Poetics and Philosophy 291(4) Zuccari: The theory of disegno 295(15) Classicism and Academy 310(69) Foundations 310(20) New Institutions 310(20) The Academy in Paris: Rule of Rules 330(19) Le Brun 330(6) ``Les regles'' 336(8) ``Grand gout'' 344(5) The Crisis of the Academy 349(30) Background 349(3) Roger de Piles 352(3) ``Le debat sur le coloris'' 355(4) Modernity 359(6) Poussinists and Rubenists 365(14) Bibliographical Essay 379(12) Index 391