Prof. dr. Caroline van Eck is professor of Architectural History and Theory at Leiden University. Elsje van Kessel is PHD art historian and fellow at the Centre Allemand d’Histoire de l’Art in Paris. Joris van Gastel, formerly researcher at Leiden University‘s research project Art, Agency and Living Presence in Early Modern Italy, is research fellow at the University of Warwick.

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• Introduction: Exploring the Boundaries Between Art and Life Part One Portrayal. In What Sense Can Images Be Said to Be Alive? 1 The Living Presence of the Gods in Ancient Greece 2 Da’ più scorretti abusata 3 Perpetual Presences 4 Double-Sided Portraits 5 Not Painting but Flesh 6 Monteverdi’s Voice 7 Metallic Presence 8 Imitation as Animation Part Two.What Makes Viewers Say that Images Are Animated? Visual Representation as Real Presence 10 Passeri’s Vite 11 The Significance of Fluids 12 Bodies Made Present 13 Hieronymus Cock’s Effigies Part Three What Goes on in Viewers’ Minds? 14 The Public Lives of Artworks 15 Living Stones, Crying Walls 16 Depiction, Make-Believe and Participatory Imagining Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index