The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting : Volume IX

The pictorial production which, in Tuscany, belongs to the cosmopolitan Gothic style, exhibits certain peculiarities which differentiate it from the other local groups. The cause of this phenomenon must be looked for in the artistic movement in th Florence and Siena before the beginning of the I5 century. It is evident that in these two towns artistic currents were established which were so to say autonomous and provided in themselves a strong reaction against any outside influence. Moreover, contrary to the regions of Northern Italy, both the towns of Florence and Siena were too far distant from other countries to feel the effects of the evolution that took place in the field of figurative art. It is true that certain districts to the south of Tuscany were influenced by foreign schools but this can be accounted for by the feebleness of local centres of any importance, if not their entire absence. Front Matter....Pages N1-VIII Bicci di Lorenzo, Paolo di Stefano, Dello Delli, Rossello di Jacopo Franchi, Giovanni dal Ponte, Pseudo-Ambrogio di Baldese, the Painters of Cassoni and Some Miniaturists....Pages 1-106 The Florentine Camaldolese Miniatures of about the Year 1400, Lorenzo Monaco and His Followers....Pages 107-256 Masolino da Panicale....Pages 257-314 Sassetta....Pages 315-389 Giovanni di Paolo....Pages 390-465 Sano di Pietro....Pages 466-532 Domenico di Bartolo and Priamo della Quercia....Pages 533-563 Tuscan Paintings of Minor Importance of the 15 th Century....Pages 564-588 Erratum to: Bicci di Lorenzo, Paolo di Stefano, Dello Delli, Rossello di Jacopo Franchi, Giovanni dal Ponte, Pseudo-Ambrogio di Baldese, the Painters of Cassoni and Some Miniaturists....Pages 589-590 Erratum to: The Florentine Camaldolese Miniatures of about the Year 1400, Lorenzo Monaco and His Followers....Pages 591-592 Erratum to: Sassetta....Pages 593-594 Erratum to: Giovanni di Paolo....Pages 595-596 Erratum to: Sano di Pietro....Pages 597-598 Back Matter....Pages 591-623 Domenico di Bartolo and Priamo della Quercia C hap t e r VIII: Tuscan Paintings of minor importance of the beginning of the 15th century Additions and Corrections Indices N.B. The terms "right" and "left" are used from the standpoint of the spectator unless the contrary be stated.