The Life of a Style: Beginnings and Endings in the Narrative History of Art (review)

puting have been decidedly U.S.– centered: even Francastel’s chauvinism has a counterbalancing role to play in contemporary studies of the arttechnology interface. The reader unfamiliar with architectural history will prefer to have an illustrated guide at hand: there are few illustrations, presumably only those selected and authorized for the first edition. Likewise, a copy of some of his key references would be useful. This is not a book for beginners, but it is a historical document of a stage in the critical interface on which Leonardo is founded. And it has a great deal to tell us about where we came from.