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