In the first part of this book

Topics discussed include the Roman army's use of Syria as a buffer against its powerful eastern neighbors and the elaborate road system that Rome developed to connect its far-reaching empire

Die Entstehung der Barockkunst in Rom

co-organized by the Getty Conservation Institute and the National Park Services

a World Heritage Site near Dunhuang in western China

Masaccio: Saint Andrew and the Pisa Altarpiece Getty Villa In the first part ofEliot W. Rowlands Ranked by many scholars as the greatest master of early Italian Renaissance painting, Masaccio (14011428) was the first artist to use effects of light to create three dimensional images on a two dimensional plane. This achievement, revolutionary in Masaccio's day, is one of the painter's significant contributions to art history. This book explores Masaccio's accomplishment as epitomized by the multipaneled painting of which the Saint