Luxury and lameness : the shield of Achilles
Wisdom's workshop : Simon the shoemaker
Struggles in the scriptorium : waging war on dead skin
Pure gold : doing God's (or the devil's) work
The velvet revolution : Cennini's Studietto
Piety and pretentiousness : Saint Luke paints the Virgin
'Always keeping paper in his hand' : a school for art and scandal
In and out of the comfort zone : Leonardo versus Michelangelo
Creatures of the night : 'only the dark serves to plant man'
Making a spectacle : the systematic studio
Mirroring the process : Velazquez to Reynolds
Women in the studio : inspiration, destitution, cleaning, crimes of passion
Chaste space : Friedrich to Mondrian
Eliminating easels : workshop and factory
Inside/outside : studios for nomads.