1. Julia Kristeva "Stabat Mater," trans. Leon S Roudiez, The Kristeva Reader ed. Toril Moi, (Oxford: Blackwell, 1990), p.167.

2. Norman Bryson Tradition and Desire: from David to Delacroix (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press 1984).

3. Kenneth Clark, Piero della Francesca (London and New York: Phaidon, 1969), p. 66.