The Piero Della Francesca Trail, with The Best Picture
Art historian Pope-Hennessy was one of the world's foremost  authorities on Italian Renaissance art. In 1993, two years  before his death, he released this slim volume, which opens with  the following sentiment: "There comes a point in life when the  artists one has known cease to be objects of research and become  friends." He offers here the life of  della Francesca, along  with a guide to his work buttressed with 52 color illustrations.  As a bonus, this also includes Aldous Huxley's 1938 essay The  Best Picture, which inspired Pope-Hennessy to study the artist.  Gorgeous.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.