'Beautiful. . . . The gentle play with the size of pictures, when so much in Elsheimer depends on size, is especially touching. The book speaks eloquently to Elsheimer's new pictorial world' - TJ Clark
Julian Bell is a writer and artist. He currently teaches at the Royal Drawing School, London and writes about art for journals including The Times Literary Supplement and The London Review of Books. He is the author of several acclaimed books including What is Painting? (1999) and Mirror of the World: A New History of Art (2007), both published by Thames & Hudson.