Was that something that was always with you as a young person, or did that develop gradually as you plunged deeper and deeper into your studies?

Thank you for the question.

It's really kind of you to ask, Howard.

Yeah, well, I mean, I've always been interested in the framing and the reception of art.

I've always been interested in the way that art communicates to audiences, to, you know, people with different perspectives and different views.

You know, I was always struck by the anecdote, for instance, that Vasari tells us about when after Raphael's death that they... exhibited his great painting of the Transfiguration, you know, to the public and that this made an incredible impression on the next generation of painters.

And I've always been very interested in the history of the reception of art more generally.

fantastic painter,