A budding Jacquemart de Hesdin scholar from Mons or a slightly overwhelmed college freshman from Namur would do well to pick up this lucidly crafted volume, designed to guide them over the practical hurdles of writing about and practicing art history. References are updated in this second edition, which is organized into four broad sections – each moving the student into progressively more focused experience of and thinking about a subject. Though accommodating researchers of ancient and modern art alike, the guide does (naturally) reflect the particular expertise and interests of its authors, Roger Van Schoute and Hélène Verougstraete, whose most recent work on the scientific examination of northern European paintings is reviewed elsewhere in this newsletter.

Jacob Wisse
Adelphi University