Published by Thames & Hudson in 1979, this landmark first edition hardcover with original graphic dust jacket serves as the definitive visual archive, production design record, and authoritative historical reference documenting the Proto-Renaissance masterpieces of Duccio di Buoninsegna. Authored by renowned historian John White, this comprehensive 280-page volume functions as an essential primary resource for art historians, medievalists, and museum curators tracking 14th-century Sienese painting and the structural economics of the Tuscan artist guilds.