CONTENTS 5
INTRODUCTION 8
CLAUS SLUTER 17
JACOPO DELLA QUERCIA 20
ROBERT CAMPIN 22
LORENZO GHIBERTI 23
DONATELLO 31
EARLY CAREER 31
PADUAN PERIOD 34
LATE FLORENTINE PERIOD 35
JAN VAN EYCK 36
IL PISANELLO 40
FRANCESCO SQUARCIONE 43
PAOLO UCCELLO 45
APPRENTICESHIP AND EARLY WORK 45
LATER YEARS 46
ASSESSMENT 48
ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN 48
LUCA DELLA ROBBIA 52
FRA ANGELICO 53
SAN DOMENICO PERIOD 54
YEARS AT THE PRIORY OF SAN MARCO 57
ROMAN PERIOD 59
ASSESSMENT 61
JACOPO BELLINI 62
MASACCIO 63
EARLY LIFE AND WORKS 64
THE BRANCACCI CHAPEL 65
THE TRINITY 68
INFLUENCE 68
FRA FILIPPO LIPPI AND FILIPPINO LIPPI 69
FRA FILIPPO LIPPI\u2019S LIFE AND WORKS 70
ASSESSMENT 74
FILIPPINO LIPPI\u2019S LIFE AND WORKS 74
DOMENICO VENEZIANO 75
DIRCK BOUTS 77
ANTONIO VIVARINI 78
PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA 80
FORMATIVE PERIOD 80
MATURE PERIOD 82
LAST YEARS 83
ANDREA DEL CASTAGNO 85
JEAN FOUQUET 87
ALESSIO BALDOVINETTI 88
GENTILE BELLINI 90
ANTONELLO DA MESSINA 92
GIOVANNI BELLINI 93
CARLO CRIVELLI 98
DESIDERIO DA SETTIGNANO 100
NUNO GON脟ALVES 101
HANS MEMLING 102
COSM脠 TURA 106
ANDREA MANTEGNA 107
FORMATIVE YEARS IN PADUA 108
YEARS AS COURT PAINTER IN MANTUA 112
ASSESSMENT 116
POLLAIUOLO BROTHERS 118
MICHAEL PACHER 120
ANDREA DEL VERROCCHIO 121
EARLY LIFE 121
MEDICI PATRONAGE 122
THE PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES 123
MELOZZO DA FORL脤 126
BARTOLOM脡 BERMEJO 127
HUGO VAN DER GOES 129
SANDRO BOTTICELLI 131
EARLY LIFE AND CAREER 131
DEVOTIONAL PAINTINGS 132
SECULAR PATRONAGE AND WORKS 136
MYTHOLOGICAL PAINTINGS 138
LATE WORKS 141
MARTIN SCHONGAUER 143
LUCA SIGNORELLI 145
DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO 147
HI脣RONYMUS BOSCH 152
PERUGINO 156
EARLY WORK 156
MATURE WORK 157
LATE WORK 160
ERCOLE DE\u2019 ROBERTI 161
LEONARDO DA VINCI 162
EARLY PERIOD: FLORENCE 163
FIRST MILANESE PERIOD (1482\u201399) 163
SECOND FLORENTINE PERIOD (1500\u201308) 164
SECOND MILANESE PERIOD (1508\u201313) 165
LAST YEARS (1513\u201319) 166
ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENT 167
THE LAST SUPPER 169
MONA LISA 170
VITTORE CARPACCIO 171
GERARD DAVID 172
PIERO DI COSIMO 174
QUENTIN MASSYS 175
ANDREA SANSOVINO 177
ALBRECHT D脺RER 179
EDUCATION AND EARLY CAREER 179
FIRST JOURNEY TO ITALY 181
SECOND JOURNEY TO ITALY 184
DEVELOPMENT AFTER THE SECOND ITALIAN TRIP 185
SERVICE TO MAXIMILIAN I 186
FINAL JOURNEY TO THE NETHERLANDS 187
FINAL WORKS 188
FRA BARTOLOMMEO 188
LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER 190
LIFE AND CAREER 190
PAINTINGS 192
MICHELANGELO 194
EARLY LIFE AND WORKS 195
THE MIDDLE YEARS 200
THE SISTINE CHAPEL 202
OTHER PROJECTS 203
THE MEDICI CHAPEL 205
THE LAURENTIAN LIBRARY AND FORTIFICATIONS 206
OTHER PROJECTS AND WRITING 206
THE LAST DECADES 209
ASSESSMENT AND INFLUENCE 210
GIORGIONE 211
LIFE 211
WORKS 212
INFLUENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE 217
IL SODOMA 218
JAN GOSSART 220
ALBRECHT ALTDORFER 223
MATTHIAS GR脺NEWALD 224
LORENZO LOTTO 228
GIOVANNI GIROLAMO SAVOLDO 230
FRANCIABIGIO 231
RAPHAEL 232
EARLY YEARS AT URBINO 233
APPRENTICESHIP AT PERUGIA 233
MOVE TO FLORENCE 234
LAST YEARS IN ROME 238
HANS BALDUNG 244
JEAN CLOUET 246
SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO 247
ANDREA DEL SARTO 248
DOSSO DOSSI 253
ALONSO BERRUGUETE 254
TITIAN 255
EARLY LIFE AND WORKS 257
MATURE LIFE AND WORKS 260
LATE LIFE AND WORKS 264
LAST YEARS IN VENICE 268
LUCAS VAN LEYDEN 271
JEAN COUSIN THE ELDER AND JEAN COUSIN THE YOUNGER 273
RENAISSANCE ARTIST COUSIN THE ELDER 273
YOUNGER JOINS ELDER IN PARIS 275
GIULIO ROMANO 276
JACOPO DA PONTORMO 278
CORREGGIO 279
EARLY LIFE AND CAREER 279
MATURE WORKS 280
ROSSO FIORENTINO 282
JAN VAN SCOREL 284
HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER 285
PARIS BORDONE 291
BENVENUTO CELLINI 292
EARLY CAREER 292
LATER YEARS 294
PARMIGIANINO 296
IL BRONZINO 299
FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO 301
NICCOL脪 DELL\u2019ABATE 302
DANIELE DA VOLTERRA 304
GIORGIO VASARI 306
FRAN脟OIS CLOUET 308
JACOPO BASSANO 310
TINTORETTO 312
BACKGROUND AND EARLY YEARS 312
CAREER 313
FAMILY AND FAME 315
LATER YEARS 318
ASSESSMENT 320
PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER 321
LIFE 321
ARTISTIC EVOLUTION AND AFFINITIES 324
GIUSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO 328
PELLEGRINO TIBALDI 329
PAOLO VERONESE 330
THE EARLY YEARS 330
THE LATER YEARS 332
GIAMBOLOGNA 335
SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA 337
GERMAIN PILON 339
FEDERICO ZUCCARO 340
EL GRECO 342
EARLY LIFE AND WORKS 342
MIDDLE YEARS 343
LATER LIFE AND WORKS 348
NICHOLAS HILLIARD 351
LAVINIA FONTANA 353
GLOSSARY 355
FOR FURTHER READING 357
INDEX 359