Review:
... Luxuriously presented, it is leisurely without being discursive . . . It contains much new information, as well as marshalling all of the old, and has an enviably clear way with difficult arguments. . . . Furthermore, it is excellent ion minute technical data, and endeavours to describe exactly what is in each picture, including the colours, which is both more necessary and more difficult than the innocent might suppose. (Times Literary Supplement)
... Luxuriously presented, it is leisurely without being discursive . . . It contains much new information, as well as marshalling all of the old, and has an enviably clear way with difficult arguments. . . . Furthermore, it is excellent ion minute technical data, and endeavours to describe exactly what is in each picture, including the colours, which is both more necessary and more difficult than the innocent might suppose. (Times Literary Supplement)