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“... known as International Gothic. This accounts for a slightly apologetic tone in some passages of Keith Christiansen’s admirable monograph on Gentile. Not the least of the merits of the book is the author’s eminently sensible attitude to iconography: he sees no particular problems here, and does not try to create any. Instead, he is mainly concerned ...”

“... Today the Roman Catholic priest celebrating Mass stands on the far side of the altar, facing the congregation, in accordance with the prescription of the Second Vatican Council of 1963. In doing so he is adopting the position which was normal before the 13th century. On the modern altar an altarpiece is an impossibility: it would get in the way. It was the same in 1200 ...”