About the Author

Julia Conaway Bondanella is Associate Professor of Italian and Associate Director of the Honors Division at Indiana University. She has edited and translated many books, most recently (with Peter Bondanella) The Lives of the Most Famous Artists by Giorgio Vasari (1991).

Peter Bondanella is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University. His books include The Eternal City: Roman Images in the Modern World (1987).

Bruce Cole is Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts at Indiana University. His books include Piero della Francesca (1990).

Jody Robin Shiffman is Associate Instructor of Italian at Indiana University. She is Associate Editor of the Dictionary of Italian Literature (2d rev. ed., 1996).