Includes bibliographical references (p. 509-514) and index.
Contents:
Part I: History of European and American painting by country or region. Albania -- Argentina -- Armenia -- Austria -- Belariu -- Belgium -- Bolivia -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Brazil -- Bulgaria -- Byzantine Empire -- Canada -- Carolingian Empire (France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy -- Central America -- Chile -- Colombia -- Croatia -- Czechoslovakia -- Denmark -- Ecuador -- England -- Finland -- Flanders (Belgium) -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Guatemala -- Hungary -- Iceland -- Ireland -- Italy -- Latin America -- Luxembourg -- Macedonia -- Mexico -- Montenegro -- Netherlands (Holland) -- Norway -- Peru -- Poland -- Portugal -- Romania -=- Russia -- Scandinavia -- Serbia -- Slovakia -- Slovenia -- Spain -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- United States of America -- Yugoslavia -- Part II: Schools of art. Alsace -- Alunno (Niccolo Alunno) -- Amiens -- Amsterdam -- Antwerp -- Arezzo -- Augsburg -- Avignon -- Bansko -- Basel -- Bavaria -- Benedictine -- Bergamo -- Berlin -- Berne -- Beuron -- Bohemia -- Bologna -- Botticelli -- Boychuk -- Brescia -- Bruges -- Brussels -- Burgundy -- Bury -- Canterbury -- Caravaggio -- Caracci -- Castile -- Catalonia -- Cavallini -- Cimabue -- Cola di Petruccioli -- Cologne -- Corbie - Cosmati -- Cremona -- Cuzco -- Dalmau -- Danube -- Delft -- Duccio -- Dusseldorf -- Echternach -- Eckersberg -- Ecoen -- Emilia -- Evora -- Exekias -- Fall River -- Ferrara -- Florence -- Fontainebleau (First School) -- Fontainebleau (Second School) -- Gaddi -- Genoa -- Ghent -- Ghirlandaio -- Giotto -- Glasgow -- Gotland -- Granada -- Guariento -- Haarlem (Early) -- Haarlem (Late) -- The Hague -- Heidelberg -- Hildesheim -- Hudson River -- Illumination -- Ksln (Cologne) -- Lambeth -- Lazio -- Lisbon -- Loire -- Lombardy -- London -- Louvain -- Lucchese -- Madrid -- Manchester -- Mantua -- Marches -- Martini -- Meo -- Milan -- Modena -- Moreelse -- Mosan -- Moscow -- Munich -- Murano -- Naples -- Nelli -- New York -- Norwich -- Novgorod -- Orvieto -- Padua -- Paris -- Parma -- Perugia -- Pesne -- Peterborough -- Piedmont -- Pisa -- Pompei -- Pont-Aven -- Potosi -- Prague -- Pskov -- Quito -- Ramsey -- Raphael -- Ravenna -- Reichenau -- Reims (Rheims) -- Rembrandt -- Rhine -- Rimini -- Romagna -- Rome -- Rubens -- Salimbeni -- Salonika -- Salzburg -- Samokov -- Saxony -- Seville -- Siena -- Sikyon -- Slade -- Spoleto -- Squarcione -- Stefano de Verona -- Strogranov -- Suabian -- Swabia -- Tegliacci -- Toledo --Tourini -- Tours -- Trier -- Tryavna -- Turin -- Tuscany -- Umbria -- Umbria-Florence -- Urbino -- Utrecht -- Valencia -- Venetsianov -- Venice -- Verona -- Verocchio -- Vicenza -- Vienna -- Viseu and Coimbra -- Vladimir-Suzdal -- Washington Color -- West -- Westminster -- White Mountain -- Winchester -- Woodstock -- Worpswede -- Yaroslavl -- Zealand -- Part III: Biographical dictionary of artists. Individual artists -- Families of painters.
Summary:
Every person's guide to European and American painting. A reference book on European and American painting that allows users to cross reference and find information on painting styles in minutes instead of hours or days. This book describes all areas of painting in Western civilization from cave painting to the modern styles of the 21st century. All styles and movements of Western painting, thousands of painters, and the countries that supported Western painting are explained and documented in original presentations. A chart of painting movements and styles allows a reader to compare these in ways never before published. Students of all ages, artists, the general public, art experts, or anyone interested in Western painting are the readers of this work.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.