Penelope J. E. Davies - Jansons History of Art: The Western Tradition

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PART THREE: THE RENAISSANCE THROUGH ROCOCO

1. Art in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Italy

   1. The Growth of the Mendicant Orders and the Visual Arts in Italy

      1. The Franciscans at Assisi and Florence

      2. Churches and Their Furnishings in Urban Centers

      3. Pulpits in Pisan Churches

      4. Expanding Florence Cathedral

      5. Building for the City Government: The Palazzo della Signoria

   2. Painting in Tuscany

      1. Cimabue and Giotto

      2. Siena: Devotion to Mary in Works by Duccio and Simone

      3. Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti

      4. Artists and Patrons in Times of Crisis

   3. Northern Italy

      1. Venice: Political Stability and Sumptuous Architecture

      2. Milan: The Visconti Family and Northern Influences

2. Artistic Innovations in Fifteenth-Century NorthernEurope

   1. Courtly Art: The International Gothic

      1. Sculpture for the French Royal Family

      2. Illuminated Manuscripts: Books of Hours

      3. Bohemia and England

   2. Urban Centers and The New Art

      1. Robert Campin in Tournai

      2. Jan van Eyck in Bruges

      3. Rogier van der Weyden in Brussels

   3. Late Fifteenth-Century Art in the Netherlands

      1. Aristocratic Tastes for Precious Objects, Personal Books, and Tapestries

      2. Panel Paintings in the Southern Netherlands

      3. The Northern Netherlands

   4. Regional Responses to the Early Netherlandish Style

      1. France

      2. Spain

      3. Central Europe

   5. Printing and the Graphic Arts

      1. Printing Centers in Colmar and Basel

3. The EarlyRenaissance in Fifteenth-CenturyItaly

   1. Florence in the Fifteenth Century

      1. The Baptistery Competition

      2. Architecture and Antiquity in Florence

      3. Ancient Inspirations in Florentine Sculpture

      4. Painting in Florentine Churches and Chapels

      5. Florentine Painters in the Age of the Medici

   2. Domestic Life: Palaces, Furnishings, and Paintings in Medicean Florence

      1. Palace Architecture

      2. Paintings for Palaces

      3. Portraiture

   3. Renaissance Art Throughout Italy, 14501500

      1. Piero della Francesca in Central Italy

      2. Alberti and Mantegna in Mantua

      3. Venice

      4. Rome and the Papal States

4. The High Renaissance in Italy, 14951520

   1. The High Renaissance in Florence and Milan

      1. Leonardo da Vinci in Florence

      2. Leonardo in Milan

      3. Leonardo Back in Florence and Elsewhere

   2. Rome Resurgent

      1. Bramante in Rome

      2. Michelangelo in Rome and Florence

      3. Michelangelo in the Service of Pope Julius II

      4. Raphael in Florence and Rome

   3. Venice

      1. Giorgione

      2. Titian

5. The Late Renaissance and Mannerism in Sixteenth-Century Italy

   1. Late Renaissance Florence: The Church, the Court, and Mannerism

      1. Florentine Religious Painting in the 1520s

      2. The Medici in Florence: From Dynasty to Duchy

   2. Rome Reformed

      1. Michelangelo in Rome

      2. The Catholic Reformation and Il Ges

   3. Northern Italy: Ducal Courts and Urban Centers

      1. The Palazzo del Te

   4. Parma and Cremona

      1. Correggio and Parmigianino in Parma

      2. Cremona

   5. Venice: The Serene Republic

      1. Sansovino in Venice

      2. Andrea Palladio and Late Renaissance Architecture

      3. Titian

      4. Titians Legacy

6. Renaissance and Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Northern Europe

   1. France: Courtly Tastes for Italian Forms

      1. Chateaux and Palaces: Translating Italian Architecture

      2. Art for Castle Interiors

   2. Spain: Global Power and Religious Orthodoxy

      1. The Escorial

      2. El Greco and Religious Painting in Spain

   3. Central Europe: The Reformation and Art

      1. Catholic Contexts: The Isenheim Altarpiece

      2. Albrecht Drer and the Northern Renaissance

      3. Religious and Courtly Images in the Era of Reform

      4. Painting in the Cities: Humanist Themes and Religious Turmoil

   4. England: Reformation and Power

   5. The Netherlands: World Marketplace

      1. The City and the Court: David and Gossaert

      2. Antwerp: Merchants, Markets, and Morality

7. The Baroque inItaly and Spain

   1. Painting in Italy

      1. Caravaggio and the New Style

      2. Artemisia Gentileschi

      3. Ceiling Painting and Annibale Carracci

   2. Architecture in Italy

      1. The Completion of St. Peters and Carlo Maderno

      2. Bernini and St. Peters

      3. Architectural Components in Decoration

      4. A Baroque Alternative: Francesco Borromini

      5. The Baroque in Turin: Guarino Guarini

      6. The Baroque in Venice: Baldassare Longhena

   3. Sculpture in Italy

      1. Early Baroque Sculpture: Stefano Maderno

      2. The Evolution of the Baroque: Gianlorenzo Bernini

      3. A Classical Alternative: Alessandro Algardi

   4. Painting in Spain

      1. Spanish Still Life: Juan Snchez Cotn

      2. Naples and the Impact of Caravaggio: Jusepe de Ribera