Michel Draguet is professor of modern and contemporary art and director of the center for research on René Magritte at the Free University of Brussels

one of the few resources in English on the subject

Containing the most recent scientific

Depictions of goddesses and the dress and adornments of women are analyzed for what they divulge about ideals of feminine beauty and attitudes toward female nudity

Paul Getty Museum and the British Museum accompany the concise and readable explanations

Faces of Power and Piety SPE24 Michel Draguet is professor ofErik Inglis Faces of Power and Piety is the second in the Medieval Imagination series of small, affordable books that draw on manuscript illuminations in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the British Library. Each volume focuses on a particular theme to provide an accessible introduction to the imagination of the medieval world. The faces featured in this volume include portraits of both illustrious historical figures and celebrated