"Attractive and informative

yet it has been a medium for fiction from the very beginning

and salient features of the illustrated artworks are identified and discussed

Jean-François De Troy

2008) and The Parthenon Frieze (Cambridge University Press

Display and Art History: The Düsseldorf Gallery and Its Catalogue making manuscript "Attractive and informativeThomas W. Gaehtgens and Louis Marchesano This richly illustrated book examines the making of one of the earliest modern cataloguesLa galerie lectorale de Dusseldorff. Published in 1778, the revolutionary two volume publication showcases one of the most important European painting collections of the eighteenth century, reflecting a pivotal moment in the history of art as well as the history of the art museum. In two essays, the authors analyze the