CHAPTER IV

SECONDARY ITALIAN PAINTERS OF THE CENTURY: FRA ANGELICO, PERUGINO, FRA BARTOLOMMEO, BOTTICELLI, BELLINI, TITIAN, CORREGGIO, TINTORETTO, VERONESE AND OTHERS 53

A century rich in painters. Fra Angelico the mystic. Perugino the teacher of Raphael; at the Sistine Chapel; pictures mistaken for Raphael's. Fra Bartolommeo's greatest works. Botticelli's mythology and psychology; Madonnas; illustrations of Dante. Bellini's portraits; Madonnas. Titian's wonderful color; religious pictures; portraits; mythological scenes. Piero dei Franceschi. Luca Signorelli. Melozzo da Forli. Correggio a middle-term between the various Italian schools; "Most skilful artist since the ancient Greeks." Tintoretto master of drawing and world artist. "The composition of Michelangelo and the coloring of Titian." Veronese's magnificent large pictures.

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