Kathryn Murphy is a fellow and tutor in English literature at Oriel College, Oxford
Science, art and natural history are intertwined in the Lister family’s monumental Historiae Conchyliorum
The 18th-century painter’s depictions of servants paused at work raise questions about the nature of attention
Susanna Berger's enquiry into philosophy and visual culture is full of original insight
Despite Yale's new facsimile edition, this 15th-century manuscript happily remains as indecipherable as ever
How Dutch meal still life paintings captured the great intellectual preoccupations of the 17th century
The Fitzwilliam Museum's 'Colour' exhibition is a triumphant introduction to medieval manuscript painting
Why paint a curtain? A look at the long tradition of depicting trompe l'oeil curtains in painting
