About the Author

Jean-François Charnier - Scientific director of the Agence France-Muséums.

Alexandre Nagel - Lecturer at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, specialised in Renaissance and modern art.

Martin Kemp - Art historian and professor emeritus at Oxford University,specialist of Leonardo da Vinci.

Chika Okeke-Agulu - Artist, professor of art history at Princeton University.

John Onians - Art historian and professor emeritus at East Anglia University.

Marc Augé - Ethnologist and anthropologist.

Sabiha Al Khemir - Tunisian writer, illustrator and art historian, specialised inIslamic art.

Maurice Godelier - Anthropologist.

David Summers - Professor of art theory and specialist of the Italian Renaissance at Virginia University.

Philip Jodidio - Art historian, specialised in architecture.

Salvatore Settis - Art historian and archeologist.

Hou Hanru - Art critic and curator, artistic director for the MAXXI in Rome.