The monograph shows that Gentileschi was well regarded in her time

Magnus Resch conducted ten-year study

Joshua Decter’s book of essays raises questions it refuses to answer

Diane Arbus and her brother, the poet Howard Nemerov, are the subject of a new memoir-cum-history

Morland was an exceptional landscape painter and a great observer of social mores

Florence’s early Renaissance showpiece revolutionised painting—but how was it seen, and used, at the time?

The artist’s conventional beginnings belie his artistic proclivity for mockery. By Alexander Adams

Elizabeth Clegg examines a new survey

The mainstream Gothic architectural aesthetic was more fecund than any marginal “alternative”

The artist has been unfairly overlooked, but the major monograph accompanying a forthcoming show affirms his place among the finest Dutch masters

On the myriad meanings of Medieval speaking sculpture, artists’ models, mannequins and royalty in wax

Luca’s panels require multi-sensory perception and 3D thought

The hidden meaning of his paintings series is revealed

Book trade calls for self-policing as library thefts are growing problem

New book explores some of the myths of the international trade

Artist and teacher Michael Craig-Martin’s insightful and entertaining memoir provides sage advice to younger artists

Bearded and berobed figures inspired artists including Schiele and Beuys

Painting lives on, but the critical terms stagnate and slacken, the art historian says

Lyn Rodley considers the relationship between Byzantine theology and the Great Church

Anna Somers Cocks is charmed by the story of Mr B, accompanied by a donkey and a stout umbrella

David Ekserdjian learns more from a monumental monograph on father and son

An exhaustive survey of medieval elephant ivories raises the question of what is the best way to convey complex information, says Jane Jakeman

The Bohun manuscripts demonstrate how illuminated manuscripts were produced, says David King

Theodore K. Rabb looks at the Flemish artist’s “legacy” over nearly four centuries