The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting

Introduction: Western and Eastern Early Christian Art.- 1: The Byzantine and the antique traditions during the VI, VII and VIII centuries.- II: Traces of Lombard and Carolingian influences and the Decadence of the antique tradition during the IX and X centuries.- III: The Benedictine school during the XI century and the origin of Romanesque painting.- IV: The Romanesque school in the XII and early XIII centuries.- V: Byzantine mosaics on the North coast of the Adriatic, in Rome, Sicily and elsewhere. Byzantine Painting in Southern Italy.- VI: Byzantine and Franciscan influences during the XIII century in Pisa, Lucca, Florence, Arezzo and Pistoia. The spread of the Franciscan crucifix.- VII: The XIII century painters of Siena and Umbria including Fabriano.- VIII: The evolution of the Byzantine and Romanesque traditions in Rome during the XIII century. Important monuments of this period at Parma and in South Italy.- IX: Cimabue and his school.- X: The Byzantine style and the classic tradition in Rome at the end of the XIII century. Jacopo Torriti, Filippo Rusuti and the Cosmati; Cavallini and his School.- Additional Notes.- Errata.- Indices.