Schools of Painting

by Mary Innes


Description:  Masterful account of the schools of painting beginning with early Christian art and legends of the Virgin Mary and the saints, followed by the awakening of art in Italy, northern Europe, Spain, France, and England. Over 100 illustrations, almost all in color, accompany the text. Sections on painting in America and later painters in France and England were added by Charles McKay to the original text by Innes.


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Ages:  16-18
Length:  508 pages
Format:  Paperback
Illustrations:  Color
Year published:  2022
ISBN:  978-1-63334-170-8
Genres:  Art

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Table of Contents

1. Introductory
2. On Symbolism
3. Beginnings of Christian Art
4.  Legends of the Virgin Mary
5. Some Legends of the Saints
6. The Awakening of Art in Italy
7. Giotto and His School
8. Fra Angelico
9. Masaccio and His Followers
10. Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
11. The Umbrian School and Raphael
12. The Early Venetian School
13. Titian and the Later Venetians
14. The Schools of North Italy
15. The Early Flemish Schools
16. Memlinc and the Later Flemish Painters

17. Rubens
18. Van Dyck

19. The German School and Hans Holbein the Elder

20. Albert Dürer

21. Hans Holbein the Younger
22. Dutch Pictures
23. Dutch Landscape Painters
24. Rembrandt
25. The Spanish School of Painting
26. Velazquez and Murillo
27. Painting in France
28. French Painting under Louis XIV and Louis XV
29. Later French Schools
30. The English School of Painting
31. English Landscape Painters
32. Schools of Painting in America

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