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Amanda Lillie with contributions from Caroline Campbell, Caroline Elam, Jessica Gritti and Arnika Schmidt

This essay reveals how and why artists represented concrete, tangible places as well as abstract and idealised conceptual spaces.

Marcello Venusti, 'The Purification of the Temple'
Catalogue entry for Marcello Venusti, 'The Purification of the Temple' by Caroline Campbell
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Ambrogio Bergognone, 'The Virgin and Child'
Catalogue entry for Ambrogio Bergognone, 'The Virgin and Child' by Jessica Gritti
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Lodovico Mazzolino, 'Christ Disputing with the Doctors' and 'Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery'
Catalogue entry for Lodovico Mazzolino, 'Christ Disputing with the Doctors' by Arnika Schmidt
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Lambert Sustris, 'The Queen of Sheba before King Solomon'
Catalogue entry for Lambert Sustris, 'The Queen of Sheba before King Solomon' by Amanda Lillie
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Sandro Botticelli, 'Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius'
Catalogue entry for Sandro Botticelli, 'Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius' by Amanda Lillie
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Attributed to Francesco Granacci, 'Portrait of a Man in Armour'
Catalogue entry for Attributed to Francesco Granacci, 'Portrait of a Man in Armour' by Caroline Elam
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Giorgio Vasari, 'The Procession of Pope Leo X, through the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, in 1515'
Catalogue entry for Giorgio Vasari, 'The Procession of Pope Leo X, through the Piazza dlla Signoria, Florence, in 1515' by Caroline Elam
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Domenico Veneziano, 'A Miracle of Saint Zenobius'
Catalogue entry for Domenico Veneziano, 'A Miracle of Saint Zenobius' by Amanda Lillie
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