| Chronology | 7 |
| Preface | 11 |
| 1 | Artistic Competition and Self-definition | 13 |
| 2 | Figure and Movement, Invention and Narration | 36 |
| 3 | Monumental Decorative Works | 64 |
| 4 | Religious Works: The Making of Erasmian Art | 88 |
| 5 | Italian and Northern Art | 120 |
| 6 | The Portrait, Time and Death | 149 |
| 7 | Holbein's Fame | 194 |
| Appendix | 210 |
| References | 213 |
| Select Bibliography | 230 |
| Photographic Acknowledgements | 250 |
| Index | 251 |