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

The artist at last gets the recognition it deserves, says Alexander Adams

His most important works now take centre-stage

His outstanding collection secured his legacy, says Joachim Whaley

Clare Finn asks: What is forgery without the forgers?

An unconventional history of photography—to be continued

Liedtke reflects on the continued importance of the Dutch Baroque artist

There is much to admire in the catalogue raisonné of C.R.W. Nevinson's work

Susan Jenkins in praise of Roubiliac

Alexander Adams looks at the mysterious proto-Symbolist painter

Howard Coutts on the work of the 18th-century collector and connoisseur

Jane Jakeman on art since the Arab Spring

John Martin Robinson on the art of heraldry in the 16th century

David Ekserdjian finds these new books timely and uplifting

Kenneth Powell locates G.F. Bodley in the Aesthetic Movement

Elizabeth Clegg discusses a new scholarly catalogue

Arthur Danto was enraptured by Sean Scully’s painting—but he was never sure how to explain why

Thomas Crow reflects on the difficulties of political and artistic restoration