Museum masterpieces : the National Gallery, London. Part 1 of 2

The history of the National Gallery, London and its collection of paintings from different periods are discussed. Abstract: The history of the National Gallery, London and its collection of paintings from different periods are discussed Content: Disc 1. (lectures 1-6) The story of the National Gallery, London Late medieval painting Early Renaissance Italian painting Netherlandish portraits and devotional images Florence : Center of 15th-century Italian art 15th-century Venetian art -- Disc 2. (lectures 7-12) The high Renaissance in central Italy Titian and his Venetian contemporaries Venetian masters : Tintoretto and Veronese Painting for the courts, c. 1515-1575 Northern European masters : Bosch to Bruegel The innovation of Carracci and Caravaggio. Professor Scallen presents an overview of the history of the National Gallery of London and surveys several of its collections