Based on a series of six lectures delivered at the Museo Nacional del Prado in 2012, the author examines links between his personal life and his study of Hispanic art of the Golden Age. His adventures are offered as a model for understanding how art history is shaped by life experiences.
‘This eloquent book illuminates all these questions with Brown’s usual flair and with an at times puckish sense of humour too.’ —Andrew Brown, Art Newspaper.
Jonathan Brown is the Carroll and Miton Petrie Professor of Fine Arts, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.