A history of Italian painting

About this eBook

Author

Mather, Frank Jewett, 1868-1953

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Stanley Paul,1923.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

ND: Fine Arts: Painting

Subject

Painting, Italian

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69844

Release Date

January 20, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A HISTORY OF ITALIAN PAINTING
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.Chapter I GIOTTO AND THE NEW FLORENTINE HUMANISM — ILLUSTRATIONS FOR CHAPTER I — On the Dignity and Wealth of Old Florence — Giotto’s View of Franciscan Poverty — A Contract with Orcagna for the Altar-Piece of 1357
5. 5.Chapter II SIENA AND THE CONTINUING OF THE MEDIÆVAL STYLE — ILLUSTRATIONS FOR CHAPTER II — A Sonnet to the Spendthrift Club — How Venus Fared in Siena — A Procession on the Completion of Duccio’s Majesty — A Contract for an Altar-piece by pietro lorenzetti
6. 6.Chapter III MASACCIO AND THE NEW REALISM — ILLUSTRATIONS FOR CHAPTER III — Vasari on Masaccio — Leonardo da Vinci on Masaccio — Vasari on Paolo Uccello — An Appraisal of Baldovinetti’s Frescoes
7. 7.Chapter IV FRA FILIPPO LIPPI AND THE NEW NARRATIVE STYLE — ILLUSTRATIONS FOR CHAPTER I — Pageantry in Old Florence — The Procession of the Magi — Pageants in 1466 — A Side-light on Ghirlandaio’s Patrons
8. 8.Chapter V DAWN OF THE GOLDEN AGE: BOTTICELLI AND LEONARDO DA VINCI — ILLUSTRATIONS FOR CHAPTER V — Poetry and Painting in the Renaissance — Leonardo and the Academic Idea of Painting — Modelling in Chiaroscuro as the Painter’s First Object — On Judging a Painter’s Work — On the Movements that Mark the Emotions — The Steps in a Painter’s Education — Judgment versus Dexterity — On Use of Memory in the Night Watches — On Selective Imitation — On High Standards — On Avoiding Harsh Shadows and Sunlight Effects — On the Most Pleasing Light — On Counterpoise of the Figure — On Freedom in Making a Composition — Painting the Grandchild of Nature — That the Painter Should be Solitary — Rubens’ Praise of Leonardo
9. 9.Chapter VI THE GOLDEN AGE RAPHAEL AND MICHELANGELO — ILLUSTRATIONS FOR CHAPTER VI — A Contemporary List of Great Artists, before 1510 — Michelangelo on Renaissance Counterpoise — Vasari on the “Modern Style” — Unity of Design in the Renaissance — Sir Joshua Reynolds on the Grand Style — Kenyon Cox on the Classic Spirit — The End of the Renaissance and the Coming of Fear
10. 10.Chapter VII VENETIAN PAINTING BEFORE TITIAN — ILLUSTRATIONS TO CHAPTER VII — Praise of Mantegna in the Renaissance — Titian’s View of Mantegna — Ariosto’s Honor List of Painters — Lomazzo’s List of Great Painters and Their Kindred Poets — Giorgione—Leonardo on Rural and Pastoral Delights
11. 11.Chapter VIII VENETIAN PAINTING OF THE RENAISSANCE — ILLUSTRATIONS FOR CHAPTER VIII — Titian’s Assumption the Beginning of the Venetian Grand Style — Aurelio Luini on Titian’s Impressionism — On Belle Nature and the Antique — George Frederick Watts on the Greek Affinities of Venetian Painting
12. 12.Chapter IX THE REALISTS AND ECLECTICS — ILLUSTRATIONS FOR CHAPTER IX — On the Eclectic Ideal
13. 13.NOTES — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II.—SIENA — CHAPTER III.—MASACCIO AND THE NEW REALISM — CHAPTER IV.—FRA FILIPPO LIPPI AND THE NEW NARRATIVE STYLE — CHAPTER V.—BOTTICELLI AND LEONARDO DA VINCI — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII.—EARLY VENETIAN PAINTING — CHAPTER VIII.—TITIAN AND THE VENETIAN RENAISSANCE — CHAPTER IX.—THE REALISTS AND ECLECTICS
14. 14.HINTS FOR READING
15. 15.INDEX

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