Janis Bell is an historian of early modern Italian painting who has focused on the relationship between pictorial practice, especially the use of color, and theories of vision. She has published on several early modern painters, including Raphael, Caravaggio, Zaccolini, and Domenichino.

• Foreword Marcia B. Hall; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Overview; A note about the notes; An introduction to aerial perspective; Part I: 1. Leonardo's aerial perspective; 2. Knowing nature; 3. Milan; 4. Central Italy; Part II: 5. Diffusion of Leonardo's writings; 6. Aerial perspective and Roman classicism; 7. France, with and without Poussin; 8. Publication; Epilogue; Works cited; Index.

Janis Bell is an historian of early modern Italian painting who has focused on the relationship between pictorial practice, especially the use of color, and theories of vision. She has published on several early modern painters, including Raphael, Caravaggio, Zaccolini, and Domenichino.

• Foreword Marcia B. Hall; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Overview; A note about the notes; An introduction to aerial perspective; Part I: 1. Leonardo's aerial perspective; 2. Knowing nature; 3. Milan; 4. Central Italy; Part II: 5. Diffusion of Leonardo's writings; 6. Aerial perspective and Roman classicism; 7. France, with and without Poussin; 8. Publication; Epilogue; Works cited; Index.

Janis Bell is an historian of early modern Italian painting who has focused on the relationship between pictorial practice, especially the use of color, and theories of vision. She has published on several early modern painters, including Raphael, Caravaggio, Zaccolini, and Domenichino.

• Foreword Marcia B. Hall; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Overview; A note about the notes; An introduction to aerial perspective; Part I: 1. Leonardo's aerial perspective; 2. Knowing nature; 3. Milan; 4. Central Italy; Part II: 5. Diffusion of Leonardo's writings; 6. Aerial perspective and Roman classicism; 7. France, with and without Poussin; 8. Publication; Epilogue; Works cited; Index.