Contents
The Inner Life of Painting: Introductory Essay
Matthew Collings
The Rise and Fall of the Ancient World:
1
The Italian Renaissance:
2
The Renaissance in Northern Europe:
3
The Seventeenth Century:
4
Rococo to neo-Classicism:
5
The Birth of the Modern World:
6
Impressionism to Post-Impressionism:
7
Modernism and the Contemporary World:
8
Further Reading
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements