▁only ▁distance ▁in ▁time ... but ▁a ▁deliber ate ▁ob liqu eness ▁in ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁met ap hor ▁has ▁spread ▁over ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁greatest ▁Renaissance ▁paint ings ." ▁ ▁Wind ' s ▁book ▁has ▁been ▁heavily ▁critic ised ▁( by ▁André ▁Ch ast el , ▁Carlo ▁G in zburg , ▁E . H . ▁G om br ich , ▁and ▁others ) ▁for ▁frequent ▁mis read ings ▁of ▁sources ▁and ▁a ▁" one - s ided " ▁fix ation ▁on ▁the ▁Ne op lat onic ▁perspective . ▁ ▁Art ▁and ▁An archy ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁the ▁BBC ▁invited ▁Wind ▁to ▁present ▁the ▁annual ▁Re ith ▁L ect ures . ▁In ▁this ▁series ▁of ▁six ▁radio ▁tal ks , ▁titled ▁Art ▁and ▁An archy , ▁he ▁exam ined ▁why , ▁and ▁how , ▁great ▁art ▁is ▁often ▁produced ▁in ▁tur bul ent ▁circumstances . ▁ ▁These ▁lect ures ▁were ▁later ▁compiled ▁into ▁a ▁book , ▁also ▁entitled ▁Art ▁and ▁An archy . ▁In ▁it ▁he ▁notes ▁that , ▁over ▁time , ▁public ▁aud ien ces ▁have ▁lost ▁their ▁capacity ▁for ▁an ▁immediate ▁and ▁vis cer al ▁response ▁to ▁art . ▁The ▁production ▁and ▁appreci ation ▁of ▁art , ▁he ▁obser ves , ▁has ▁become ▁marg inal ized ▁and ▁domestic ated ▁to ▁a ▁point ▁where ▁it ▁can ▁no ▁longer ▁significantly ▁and ▁last ingly ▁move ▁its ▁add resse es . ▁Wind ' s ▁imp ulse ▁in ▁the ▁piece ▁is ▁apparently ▁rest or ative ; ▁he ▁see ks ▁to ▁imp