A Text-Book of the History of Painting

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Title: A Text-Book of the History of Painting
Author: John C. Van Dyke
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[Illustration: VELASQUEZ. HEAD OF ?SOP, MADRID.]
A TEXT-BOOK
OF THE
HISTORY OF PAINTING

BY
JOHN C. VAN DYKE, L.H.D.
PROFESSOR OF THE HISTORY OF ART IN RUTGERS COLLEGE AND AUTHOR OF "ART FOR ART'S SAKE," "THE MEANING OF PICTURES," ETC.

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 91 AND 93 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK LONDON, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA 1909

COPYRIGHT, 1894, BY LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
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PREFACE.
The object of this series of text-books is to provide concise teachable histories of art for class-room use in schools and colleges. The limited time given to the study of art in the average educational institution has not only dictated the condensed style of the volumes, but has limited their scope of matter to the general features of art history. Arch?ological discussions on special subjects and ?sthetic theories have been avoided. The main facts of history as settled by the best authorities are given. If the reader choose to enter into particulars the bibliography cited at the head of each chapter will be found helpful. Illustrations have been introduced as sight-help to the text, and, to avoid repetition, abbreviations have been used wherever practicable. The enumeration of the principal extant works of an artist, school, or period, and where they may be found, which follows each chapter, may be serviceable not only as a summary of individual or school achievement, but for reference by travelling students in Europe.
This volume on painting, the first of the series, omits mention of such work in Arabic, Indian, Chinese, and Persian art as may come properly under the head of Ornament--a subject proposed for separate treatment hereafter. In treating of individual painters it has been thought best to give a short critical estimate of the man and his rank among the painters of his time rather than the detailed facts of his life. Students who wish accounts of the lives of the painters should use Vasari, Larousse, and the Encyclop?dia Britannica in connection with this text-book.
Acknowledgments are made to the respective publishers of Woltmann and Woermann's History of Painting, and the fine series of art histories by Perrot and Chipiez, for permission to reproduce some few illustrations from these publications.
JOHN C. VAN DYKE.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I.
EGYPTIAN PAINTING
CHAPTER II.
CHALD?O-ASSYRIAN, PERSIAN, PHOENICIAN, CYPRIOTE, AND ASIA MINOR PAINTING
CHAPTER III.
GREEK, ETRUSCAN, AND ROMAN PAINTING
CHAPTER IV.
ITALIAN PAINTING--EARLY CHRISTIAN AND MEDI?VAL PERIOD, 200-1250
CHAPTER V.
ITALIAN PAINTING--GOTHIC PERIOD, 1250-1400
CHAPTER VI.
ITALIAN PAINTING--EARLY RENAISSANCE, 1400-1500
CHAPTER VII.
ITALIAN PAINTING--EARLY RENAISSANCE, 1400-1500, Continued
CHAPTER VIII.
ITALIAN PAINTING--HIGH RENAISSANCE, 1500-1600
CHAPTER IX.
ITALIAN PAINTING--HIGH RENAISSANCE, 1500-1600, Continued
CHAPTER X.
ITALIAN PAINTING--HIGH RENAISSANCE, 1500-1600, Continued
CHAPTER XI.
ITALIAN PAINTING--THE DECADENCE AND MODERN WORK, 1600-1894
CHAPTER XII.
FRENCH PAINTING--SIXTEENTH, SEVENTEENTH, AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
CHAPTER XIII.
FRENCH PAINTING--NINETEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER XIV.
FRENCH PAINTING--NINETEENTH CENTURY, Continued
CHAPTER XV.
SPANISH PAINTING
CHAPTER XVI.
FLEMISH PAINTING
CHAPTER XVII.
DUTCH PAINTING
CHAPTER XVIII.
GERMAN PAINTING
CHAPTER XIX.
BRITISH PAINTING
CHAPTER XX.
AMERICAN PAINTING
POSTSCRIPT
INDEX
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Velasquez, Head of ?sop, Madrid Frontispiece
1 Hunting in the Marshes, Tomb of Ti, Saccarah
2 Portrait of Queen Taia
3 Offerings to the Dead. Wall painting
4 Vignette on Papyrus
5 Enamelled Brick, Nimroud
6 " " Khorsabad
7 Wild Ass. Bas-relief
8 Lions Frieze, Susa
9 Painted Head from Edessa
10 Cypriote Vase Decoration
11 Attic Grave Painting
12 Muse of Cortona
13 Odyssey Landscape
14 Amphore, Lower Italy
15 Ritual Scene, Palatine Wall painting
16 Portrait, Fayoum, Graf Collection
17 Chamber in Catacombs, with wall decorations
18 Catacomb Fresco, S. Cecilia
19 Christ as Good Shepherd, Ravenna mosaic
20 Christ and Saints, fresco, S. Generosa
21 Ezekiel before the Lord. MS. illumination
22 Giotto, Flight into Egypt, Arena Chap.
23 Orcagna, Paradise (detail), S. M. Novella
24 Lorenzetti, Peace (detail), Sienna
25 Fra Angelico, Angel, Uffizi
26 Fra Filippo, Madonna, Uffizi
27 Botticelli, Coronation of Madonna, Uffizi
28 Ghirlandajo, Visitation, Louvre
29 Francesca, Duke of Urbino, Uffizi
30 Signorelli, The Curse (detail), Orvieto
31 Perugino, Madonna, Saints, and Angels, Louvre
32 School of Francia, Madonna, Louvre
33 Mantegna, Gonzaga Family Group, Mantua
34 B. Vivarini, Madonna and Child, Turin
35 Giovanni Bellini, Madonna, Venice Acad.
36 Carpaccio, Presentation (detail), Venice Acad.
37 Antonello da Messina, Unknown Man, Louvre
38 Fra Bartolommeo, Descent from Cross, Pitti
39 Andrea del Sarto, Madonna of St. Francis, Uffizi
40 Michael Angelo, Athlete, Sistine Chap., Rome
41 Raphael, La Belle Jardini��re, Louvre
42 Giulio Romano, Apollo and Muses, Pitti
43 Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Louvre
44 Luini, Daughter of Herodias, Uffizi
45 Sodoma, Ecstasy of St. Catherine, Sienna
46 Correggio, Marriage of St. Catherine, Louvre
47 Giorgione, Ordeal of Moses, Uffizi
48 Titian, Venus Equipping Cupid, Borghese, Rome
49 Tintoretto, Mercury and Graces, Ducal Pal., Venice
50 Veronese, Venice Enthroned,