Books by Marcia Pointon

Marcia Pointon is Senior Research Professor at Norwich University of the Arts, Professor Emeritus in History of Art at the University of Manchester and Research Fellow at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Her latest books include Brilliant Effects: A Cultural History of Gem Stones and Jewellery (Yale University Press, 2009), which was awarded the Historians of British Art Book Prize in 2011, and Portrayal: and the Search for Identity (Reaktion Books, 2012).