Studiolo Literacy & Reading a book as challenging as

a book as challenging as it is consistently absorbing

'Every bit of it was perfection

later renamed Who’s That Knocking at My Door—creating a lasting bond that made him one of Scorsese’s most appreciative and perceptive commentators

Robert Tracy

a recovering Australian soldier

Studiolo Literacy & Reading a book as challenging asA brief study of select Western art from Italy's foremost philosopher. In Renaissance palaces, the studiolo was a small room to which the prince withdrew to meditate or read, surrounded by paintings he particularly loved. This book is a kind of studiolo for its author, Giorgio Agamben, as he turns his philosophical lens on the world of Western art. Studiolo is a fascinating take on a selection of artworks created over millennia; some are easily