
In this latest work, now available in paperback, respected art historian T.J. Clark sets out to investigate the different ways painters have depicted the dream of God's kingdom come: heaven descended to earth. Clark goes back to the late Middle Ages and Renaissance--to...

In this latest work, respected art historian T. J. Clark sets out to investigate the different ways painting has depicted the dream of God's kingdom come: heaven descended to earth. He goes back to the late Middle Ages and Renaissance--to Giotto in Padua, Bruegel facing the horrors...