offers a fascinating account of the display of art-a category taken broadly to include any visual element found within a palace interior in the 16th-century residences of Rome's elite

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Discourse on Sacred and Profane Images stocking stuffers offers a fascinating account ofGabriele Paleotti Introduction by Paolo Prodi Translated by William McCuaig In the wake of the Counter Reformation, Cardinal Gabriele Paleotti, the archbishop of Bologna, wrote a remarkable treatise on art during a time when the Church feared rampant abuse in the arts. Translated into English here for the first time, Paleottis Discourse on Sacred and Profane Images argues that art should address a broad audience and explains the painters