Publisher's Synopsis
"Kaufmann throws considerable light on one of the more neglected and least understood periods in art history."-Philadelphia Inquirer
"A wonderful book which does justice both to a formal analysis of the art and to an explanation of broader political and economic forces at work."-Virginia Quarterly Review
"Important and stimulating, Kaufmann's study examines the cultural legacy of a region too little known and understood."-Choice
"Peaks of the creative heritage which [Kaufmann] describes reserve their message-and their surprises-for those who visit them in situ. But invest in Kaufmann's volume before you go."-R. J. W. Evans, New York Review of Books