Papers included in the volume concern subjects ranging from life and artistic output of Felipe Morras, to paintings by Hans Baldung Grien and Jusepe de Ribera, painted decoration of a harpsichord by Tintoretto, drawings for the Sala di Costantino, to the details about life of Julia Lama as a female artist in Venice in the 18th century.

L’Âne qui joue de la lyre (Donkey playing the lyre) – a legendary script by Jadwiga Kukułczanka, which enchanted Wojciech Jerzy Has and became his last unexecuted film project. Kukułczanka’s play is a ‘total work of art’ – a journey in time and space, full of surprising encounters, reaching back to the tradition of Socratic dialogues.

Papers included in the volume concern subjects ranging from sculptures made by Veit Stoss, to paintings by Paolo Veronese and Filippino Lippi, illustrations of medieval manuscripts, sculptures decorating  the façade of Santa Maria del Giglio in Venice to the formation of the picture collection of the Earls Cowper at Panshanger