What is Quality in Art?: A Meditation Based on European Paintings from the 15th to the 18th Centuries

This book is an in-depth art-historical reflection on value judgments in art by one of Europe’s leading curators.

‘That this is a legitimate question, even a necessary one, is argued by Vergara in a pleasurable manner, with the pace and attitude of a peripatetic thinker. There is something here that reminds one of Montaigne or Stendhal.’ – El País

Throughout history, human beings have excelled at creating art of the highest quality. Aristotle wrote that Homer “surpassed all others” and Pliny...