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Title: Six Centuries of Painting

Author: Randall Davies

Release Date: July 28, 2009 [EBook #29532]

Language: English

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SIX CENTURIES OF PAINTING

[Illustration; VITTORE PISANO

(CALLED PISANELLO)

ST ANTHONY AND ST GEORGE

_National Gallery, London_]

SIX CENTURIES OF

PAINTING

BY

RANDALL DAVIES

[Illustration]

LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK

67 LONG ACRE, W.C., AND EDINBURGH

CONTENTS

TUSCAN SCHOOLS-- PAGE

I. GIOVANNI CIMABUE 1

II. GIOTTO DI BONDONE 10

III. THE EARLIER QUATTROCENTISTS 18

IV. THE LATER QUATTROCENTISTS 26

V. LEONARDO DA VINCI 33

VI. MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI 40

VII. RAFFAELLO DI SANTI 47

VENETIAN SCHOOLS--

I. THE VIVARINI AND BELLINI 59

II. TIZIANO VECELLIO 78

III. PAOLO VERONESE AND IL TINTORETTO 99

SPANISH SCHOOL 109

FLEMISH SCHOOL--

I. HUBERT AND JAN VAN EYCK 121

II. PETER PAUL RUBENS 143

III. THE PUPILS OF RUBENS 157

DUTCH SCHOOL--

I. FRANS HALS 165

II. REMBRANDT VAN RYN 171

III. PAINTERS OF _GENRE_ 183

IV. PAINTERS OF ANIMALS