This anthology is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on consumption and consumerism in the Renaissance, particularly from an art-historical perspective. It is based on a session entitled “Values in Renaissance Art” at the 25th Annual Conference of the Association of Art Historians, held in Southampton, England, in April of 1999. Most of the original papers delivered at the conference were revised and have been included in this book; others were added to expand the scope of the project. These essays explore a wide spectrum of issues and employ an array of methods as they re-evaluate overlooked artists, “minor” art forms, and other topics and intangibles that have been ignored by art historians in the past but that were important in the Renaissance. In particular, they bring attention to the varied and complex forms of valuations art could receive in this period. The volume consists of thirteen chapters, including an Introduction by Gabriele Neher and Rupert Shepherd that thematically links the other essays. The Introduction raises the question of which value constructs (not just the monetary ones) Renaissance individuals would have assigned to the visual arts. The issue is explored by examining Francesco del Cossa’s epistolary request...