and artists alike to understand and evaluate the objects under their care

The author discusses Silvy's photograph in the context of attitudes of the day toward photography

With an original translation of selections from Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Mercedes Volait

and animals of the earth

Luisa Roldán stocking stuffers and artists alike to understandCatherine Hall van den Elsen This initial book in the groundbreaking new series Illuminating Women Artists is the first English language monograph on the extraordinary Spanish Baroque sculptor Luisa Roldn. Luisa Roldn (16521706), also known as La Roldana, was an accomplished Spanish Baroque artist, much admired during her lifetime for her exquisitely crafted and painted wood and terracotta sculptures. Roldn trained under her father and worked in