Illustrations

1.

William Morris, Pimpernel, wallpaper, 1876. V & A Images/Victoria & Albert Museum.

2.

‘Carved Heads of Maori Chief’s Staves’, from Henry Balfour, The Evolution of Decorative Art, 1893, fig. 23. Courtauld Institute of Art: Photographic and Imaging.

3.

Illustration of tattooed heads, figs 31 and 32 from Alois Riegl, Stilfragen, 1893. Courtauld Institute of Art: Photographic and Imaging.

4.

‘Tawhiao, The Maori King’, from Illustrated London News, 14 June 1844, p. 576. Special Collections, Senate House Library, University of London.

5.

Giotto, The Confirmation of the Rule of the Franciscan Order, fresco, Bardi Chapel, S. Croce, Florence, c. 1320. Photo Alinari.

6.

Nardo di Cione, The Damned (detail of Last Judgment), fresco, Strozzi Chapel, S. Maria Novella, Florence, 1354–57. Photo Alinari.

7.

Andrea Orcagna, Strozzi Altarpiece, tempera on wood, Strozzi Chapel, S. Maria Novella, Florence, 1357. Photo Alinari.

8.

Théodore Gericault, Entrance to the Adelphi Wharf, crayon lithograph, 1821. Private Collection, London.

9.

Richard Newton, A Will O Th’ Wisp, coloured etching. Private collection. Photograph: Warren Carter.

10.

C.J. Grant, Reviewing the Blue Devils, Alias the Raw Lobsters, Alias the Bludgeon Men, wood engraving, c. 1833. Private collection. Photograph: Warren Carter.

11.

J.C. Bourne, ‘Working Shaft, Kilsby Tunnel, July 8th 1857’ and ‘Great Ventilating Shaft, Kilsby Tunnel’, lithograph. Photograph: Warren Carter.

12.

James Sharples, The Forge, steel engraving, 1849–59. Private collection. Photograph: Warren Carter.

13.

Pablo Picasso, Guernica, oil on canvas, 349 × 776 cm, 1937. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. Photograph: Archivo Fotográfico Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. © Succession Picasso/DACS 2006.

14.

The Punishment of Dirkos by Zethos and Amphion (the Farnese Bull), fig. 43 in Emanuel Loewy, The Rendering of Nature in Early Greek Art, 1907. Photograph: Warren Carter.

15.

Apollo from Tenea, fig. 27 in Emanuel Loewy, The Rendering of Nature in Early Greek Art, 1907. Photograph: Warren Carter.

16.

Henri Matisse, Nasturtiums with the Painting ‘Dance’, oil on canvas, 191.8 × 115.3 cm, 1912. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.16). © Succession H. Matisse/DACS 2006.