Essay Work

Books for my dissertation thus far:

• Diane Cole Ahl "Benozzo Gozzoli"
• Michael Baxandall "Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy"
• Bernhard Berenson "The Italian Painters of the Renaissance"
• Edward Chaney (ed.) "The Evolution of English Collecting:  The Reception of Italian Art in the Tudor and Stuart Periods"
• Milton Grundy "Venice - An Anthology Guide"
• Hugh Honour "The Companion Guide To Venice"
• Andrew Martindale "The Triumphs of Caesar by Andrea Mantegna"
• Derek Patmore "A Traveller in Venice and in Cities of North-East Italy"
• John Steer "A Concise History of Venetian Painting"
• Anabel Thomas "The Painter's Practice in Renaissance Tuscany"
• Vasari "The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects"
• "The Grove Dictionary of Art"
• "Larousse Dictionary of Painters"
• "The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists"

I need to decide how much time to give to the different angles and which to drop.  The main areas are:

• A case study of The Triumphs of Caesar
• The artist/patron relationship
• Processions in art
• Representation of patrons in art

Right now I am overwhelmed.