{"product_id":"2940013446656","title":"THE OLD MASTERS AND THEIR PICTURES","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. PAGE I. EARLY ITALIAN ART--GIOTTO, 1276-1337--ANDREA PISANO,\u003cbr\u003e1280-1345--ORCAGNA, 1315-1376--GHIBERTI, 1381-1455--MASACCIO, 1402-1428\u003cbr\u003e_OR_ 1429--FRA ANGELICO, 1387-1455 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. EARLY FLEMISH ART--THE VAN EYCKS, 1366-1442--MABUSE, _ABOUT_\u003cbr\u003e1470-1532--MEMLING, _ABOUT_ 1478-1499--QUINTIN MATSYS, 1460-1530 OR 31\u003cbr\u003e41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII. IN EARLY SCHOOLS OF ITALIAN ART--THE BELLINI, 1422-1512--MANTEGNA,\u003cbr\u003e1431-1506--GHIRLANDAJO, 1449-1498--- IL FRANCIA, 1450-1518--FRA\u003cbr\u003eBARTOLOMMEO, 1469-1517--ANDREA DEL SARTO, 1488-1530 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV. LIONARDO DA VINCI. 1452-1519--MICHAEL ANGELO, 1475-1564--RAPHAEL,\u003cbr\u003e1483-1520--TITIAN, 1477-1566 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV. GERMAN ART--ALBRECHT DÜRER, 1471-1528 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI. LATER ITALIAN ART--GIORGIONE, 1477-1511--CORREGGIO, _ABOUT_\u003cbr\u003e1493-1534--TINTORETTO, 1512-1594--VERONESE, 1530-1588 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII. CARRACCI, 1555-1609--GUIDO RENI, 1575-1642--DOMENICHINO,\u003cbr\u003e1581-1641--SALVATOR ROSA, 1615-1673 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII. LATER FLEMISH ART--RUBENS, 1577-1640--REMBRANDT, 1606 _OR_\u003cbr\u003e1608-1669--TENIERS, FATHER AND SON, 1582-1694--WOUVVERMAN,\u003cbr\u003e1620-1668--CUYP, 1605; _STILL LIVING_, 1638--PAUL POTTER,\u003cbr\u003e1625-1654--CORNELIUS DE HEEM, 1630 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX. SPANISH ART--VELASQUEZ, 1599-1660--MURILLO, 1618-1682 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX. FRENCH ART--NICOLAS POUSSIN, 1594-1665--CLAUDE LORRAINE,\u003cbr\u003e1600-1682--CHARLES LE BRUN, 1619-1690--WATTEAU, 1684-1721--GREUZE,\u003cbr\u003e1726-1805 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI. FOREIGN ARTISTS IN ENGLAND--HOLBEIN, 1494-1543--VAN DYCK,\u003cbr\u003e1599-1641--LELY, 1618-1680--CANALETTO, 1697-1768--KNELLER, 1646-1723 309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII. ITALIAN MASTERS FROM THE FOURTEENTH TO THE SEVENTEENTH\u003cbr\u003eCENTURIES--TADDEO GADDI, 1300, SUPPOSED TO HAVE DIED 1366--FRA FILIPPO,\u003cbr\u003e1412-1469--BENOZZO GOZZOLI, 1424-1496--LUCA SIGNORELLI, 1441, SUPPOSED\u003cbr\u003eTO HAVE DIED ABOUT 1524--BOTTICELLI, 1447-1515--PERUGINO,\u003cbr\u003e1446-1522--CARPACCIO, DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH AND DEATH\u003cbr\u003eUNKNOWN--CRIVELLI, FILIPPINO LIPI, EARLIER THAN 1460--ANTONELLA DA\u003cbr\u003eMESSINA, BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED AT VENICE, 1416--GAROPALO,\u003cbr\u003e1481-1559--LUINI, DATE OF BIRTH UNKNOWN, SUPPOSED TO HAVE DIED ABOUT\u003cbr\u003e1530--PALMA, ABOUT 1480-1528--PARDENONE, 1483-1538--LO SPAGNA, DATE OF\u003cbr\u003eBIRTH UNKNOWN, 1533--GIULIO ROMANO, 1492-1546--PARIS BORDONE,\u003cbr\u003e1500-1570--IL PARMIGIANINO, 1503-1540--BAROCCIO, 1528-1612--CARAVAGGIO,\u003cbr\u003e1569-1609--LO SPAGNOLETTO, 1593-1656--GUERCINO, 1592-1666--ALBANO,\u003cbr\u003e1578-1660--SASSOFERRATO, 1605-1615--VASARI, 1512-1574--SOFONISBA\u003cbr\u003eANGUISCIOLA, 1535, ABOUT 1626--LAVINIA FONTANA, 1552-1614 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII. GERMAN, FLEMISH, AND DUTCH ARTISTS FROM THE FIFTEENTH TO THE\u003cbr\u003eEIGHTEENTH CENTURY--VAN DER WEYDEN, A CONTEMPORARY OF THE VAN EYCKS,\u003cbr\u003e1366-1442--VAN LEYDEN, 1494-1533--VAN SOMER, 1570-1624--SNYDERS,\u003cbr\u003e1579-1657--G. HONTHORST, 1592-1662--JAN STEEN, 1626-1679--GERARD DOW,\u003cbr\u003e1613-1680--DE HOOCH, DATES OF BIRTH AND DEATH UNKNOWN--VAN OSTADE,\u003cbr\u003e1610-1685--MAAS, 1632-1693--METZU, 1615. STILL ALIVE IN 1667--TERBURG,\u003cbr\u003e1608-1681--NETCHER, 1639-1684--BOL, 1611-1680--VAN DER HELST,\u003cbr\u003e1613-1670--RUYSDAEL, 1625 (?)-1682--HOBBEMA, 1638-1709--BERCHEM,\u003cbr\u003e1620-1683--BOTH 1600 (?)-1650(?) DU JARDIN, 1625-1678--ADRIAN VAN DE\u003cbr\u003eVELDE, 1639-1672--VAN DER HEYDEN, 1637-1712--DE WITTE, 1607-1692--VAN\u003cbr\u003eDER NEER, 1619 (?)-1683--WILLIAM VAN DE VELDE, THE YOUNGER,\u003cbr\u003e1633-1707--BACKHUYSEN, 1631-1708--VAN DE CAPELLA, ABOUT\u003cbr\u003e1653--HONDECOETER, 1636-1695--JAN WEENIX, 1644-1719--PATER SEGERS,\u003cbr\u003e1590-1661--VAN HUYSUM, 1682-1749--VAN DER WERFF, 1659-1722--MENGS,\u003cbr\u003e1728-1774 391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE OLD MASTERS AND THEIR PICTURES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEARLY ITALIAN ART--GIOTTO, 1276-1337--ANDREA PISANO. 1280-1345--ORCAGNA,\u003cbr\u003e1315-1376 GHIBERTI, 1381-1455--MASACCIO, 1402-1428 OR 1429--FRA\u003cbr\u003eANGELICO, 1387-1455.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA pencil and paper, a box of colours, and a scrap-book, form so often a\u003cbr\u003echild's favourite toys that one might expect that a very large portion\u003cbr\u003eof men and women would prove painters. But, as we grow in years and\u003cbr\u003eknowledge, the discrepancy between nature and our attempts to copy\u003cbr\u003enature, strike us more and more, until we turn in dissatisfaction and\u003cbr\u003edisgust from the vain effort.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was only one old woman in an Esquimaux tribe who could be called\u003cbr\u003eforward to draw with a stick on the sand a sufficiently graphic likeness\u003cbr\u003eof the Erebus and the Terror. It is only a few groups of men belonging\u003cbr\u003eto different countries, throughout the centuries, who have been able to\u003cbr\u003egive us paintings to which we turn in wonder and admiration, and say\u003cbr\u003ethat these are in their degree fair exponents of nature. The old\u003cbr\u003epainter's half-haughty, half-humble protest was true--it is 'God\u003cbr\u003eAlmighty,' who in raising here and there men above their fellows, 'makes\u003cbr\u003epainters.'","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079499661552,"sku":"2940013446656","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013446656_p0.jpg?v=1763581435","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013446656","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}