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figUrE 13.1. Velázquez, Water Carrier of Seville, c. 1618–22. London, Wellington Museum, Apsley House.figUrE 13.2. Attic grave stele, Prokles and Prokleides, c. 330–325 BC. Athens, National Archaeological Museum, inv. 737.figUrE 13.3. Attributed to Pedro Berruguete, Federico da Montefeltro and His Son Guidobaldo, 1480–81. Urbino, Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Palazzo Ducale.figUrE 13.4. Willem Paneels after Rubens, Cursus Mundi, 1631. London, British Museum.
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figUrE 13.1. Velázquez, Water Carrier of Seville, c. 1618–22. London, Wellington Museum, Apsley House.figUrE 13.2. Attic grave stele, Prokles and Prokleides, c. 330–325 BC. Athens, National Archaeological Museum, inv. 737.figUrE 13.3. Attributed to Pedro Berruguete, Federico da Montefeltro and His Son Guidobaldo, 1480–81. Urbino, Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Palazzo Ducale.figUrE 13.4. Willem Paneels after Rubens, Cursus Mundi, 1631. London, British Museum.
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface and Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction xi
  5. 1. Words That Prevent Perception 1
  6. 2. Mantegna: Did He Paint by the Book? 34
  7. 3. “How Shall This Be?” Reflections on Filippo Lippi’s Annunciation in London 70
  8. 4. Mantegna’s Dead Christ: Passion and Pattern 87
  9. 5. Pontormo’s Capponi Chapel 97
  10. 6. Pontormo’s Alessandro de’ Medici; or, I Only Have Eyes for You 114
  11. 7. Salviati’s Beheading of St. John the Baptist 122
  12. 8. An El Greco Entombment Eyed Awry 125
  13. 9. Observations in the Cerasi Chapel 130
  14. 10. Guercino’s Saint Petronilla 144
  15. 11. Steen’s Female Gaze and Other Ironies 162
  16. 12. Deciphering Velázquez’s Old Woman Cooking Eggs 180
  17. 13. The Water Carrier of Velázquez 186
  18. 14. Velázquez’s Pablo de Valladolid 189
  19. 15. Velázquez’s Las Meninas 195
  20. 16. The Glorious Company 209
  21. Notes 237
  22. Leo Steinberg: Chronology 281
  23. Leo Steinberg: Publications (1947–2010) 285
  24. Photography Credits 291
  25. Index 293
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface and Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction xi
  5. 1. Words That Prevent Perception 1
  6. 2. Mantegna: Did He Paint by the Book? 34
  7. 3. “How Shall This Be?” Reflections on Filippo Lippi’s Annunciation in London 70
  8. 4. Mantegna’s Dead Christ: Passion and Pattern 87
  9. 5. Pontormo’s Capponi Chapel 97
  10. 6. Pontormo’s Alessandro de’ Medici; or, I Only Have Eyes for You 114
  11. 7. Salviati’s Beheading of St. John the Baptist 122
  12. 8. An El Greco Entombment Eyed Awry 125
  13. 9. Observations in the Cerasi Chapel 130
  14. 10. Guercino’s Saint Petronilla 144
  15. 11. Steen’s Female Gaze and Other Ironies 162
  16. 12. Deciphering Velázquez’s Old Woman Cooking Eggs 180
  17. 13. The Water Carrier of Velázquez 186
  18. 14. Velázquez’s Pablo de Valladolid 189
  19. 15. Velázquez’s Las Meninas 195
  20. 16. The Glorious Company 209
  21. Notes 237
  22. Leo Steinberg: Chronology 281
  23. Leo Steinberg: Publications (1947–2010) 285
  24. Photography Credits 291
  25. Index 293
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