
"Stunning insights into Renaissance aesthetic theory. . . a rigorous and critical assessment of key moments in the Western aesthetic tradition, speaks beyond the audience of philosophers and literary critics . . ." --Renaissance Quarterly
"Stone challenges the...

Stone challenges the simple opposition of philosophy and art . . . in a style that has the directness of sculpture. ?John Llewelyn The relation of our vision of stone's beauty to what we say, think, and write about stone, about the way in which such vision can both empower and...