Ingres
'No other artist presented the faces of the mid-19th century with such compelling truth and force. ... Professor Shelton is suitably alert to the hothouse eroticism that gives Ingres' work much of its electricity' Sunday Telegraph 'a generous range of excellent colour illustrations, including helpful and well-chosen comparative material. The drawings are well represented ... Shelton is an engaging commentator, combining careful description and characterisation with absorbing summaries of often complex biographical and historical material. ... Shelton is very well qualified to write this book.' The Burlington Magazine