1. Introduction Theodore K. Rabb and Jonathan Brown; 2. Representing the family Diane Owen Hughes; 3. Papal policy Christoph L. Frommel; 4. Reinventing heroes in Renaissance Italy Randolph Starn; 5. The soldier in Germanic graphic art of the Renaissance J. R. Hale; 6. Philip II and the art of the cityscape Richard L. Kagan; 7. Enemies of flattery Jonathan Brown; 8. The domestication of Majesty Simon Schama; 9. The King of France as collector in the seventeenth century Antoine Schnapper; 10. Picturing the people Raymond Grew; 11. The German Revolution of 1848 and Rethel's Dance of Death Peter Paret; 12. The farmer in the works of William Sidney Mount Elizabeth Johns; 13. Architects in power Barbara Miller Lane.