Jonathan Jones is the art critic for the Guardian newspaper. He is the author of several books including The Lost Battles: Leonardo, Michelangelo and the Artistic Duel that Defined the Renaissance (2010), The Loves of the Artists: Art and Passion in the Renaissance (2013), Sensations: The Story of British Art from Hogarth to Banksy (2019) and Artemisia Gentileschi (2020). Jones was also a member of the jury for the 2009 Turner Prize and has appeared in the BBC series Private Life of a Masterpiece. He was Series Consultant for BBC2’s Civilisations and is a frequent contributor to BBC Radio 4’s Front Row.

• Introduction1. The Arnolfini Nude2. The Naked Citizen 3. The Triumph of Love4. Profane Angels5. Worldly Knowledge6. Haywain To Hell7. The Garden of Earthly Delights8. Render Unto Caesar9. Melancholia10. Pulse of Life11. Judgements12. Carnival and Lent 13. Curiosities

'A pearl of a book, a delight to read, full of language and ideas that form a tumbling elegy to the “eruption of curiosity” of the age' - Anna Keays, The Times

Jonathan Jones is the art critic for the Guardian newspaper. He is the author of several books including The Lost Battles: Leonardo, Michelangelo and the Artistic Duel that Defined the Renaissance (2010), The Loves of the Artists: Art and Passion in the Renaissance (2013), Sensations: The Story of British Art from Hogarth to Banksy (2019) and Artemisia Gentileschi (2020). Jones was also a member of the jury for the 2009 Turner Prize and has appeared in the BBC series Private Life of a Masterpiece. He was Series Consultant for BBC2’s Civilisations and is a frequent contributor to BBC Radio 4’s Front Row.

• Introduction1. The Arnolfini Nude2. The Naked Citizen 3. The Triumph of Love4. Profane Angels5. Worldly Knowledge6. Haywain To Hell7. The Garden of Earthly Delights8. Render Unto Caesar9. Melancholia10. Pulse of Life11. Judgements12. Carnival and Lent 13. Curiosities

'A pearl of a book, a delight to read, full of language and ideas that form a tumbling elegy to the “eruption of curiosity” of the age' - Anna Keays, The Times

Jonathan Jones is the art critic for the Guardian newspaper. He is the author of several books including The Lost Battles: Leonardo, Michelangelo and the Artistic Duel that Defined the Renaissance (2010), The Loves of the Artists: Art and Passion in the Renaissance (2013), Sensations: The Story of British Art from Hogarth to Banksy (2019) and Artemisia Gentileschi (2020). Jones was also a member of the jury for the 2009 Turner Prize and has appeared in the BBC series Private Life of a Masterpiece. He was Series Consultant for BBC2’s Civilisations and is a frequent contributor to BBC Radio 4’s Front Row.

• Introduction1. The Arnolfini Nude2. The Naked Citizen 3. The Triumph of Love4. Profane Angels5. Worldly Knowledge6. Haywain To Hell7. The Garden of Earthly Delights8. Render Unto Caesar9. Melancholia10. Pulse of Life11. Judgements12. Carnival and Lent 13. Curiosities

'A pearl of a book, a delight to read, full of language and ideas that form a tumbling elegy to the “eruption of curiosity” of the age' - Anna Keays, The Times