J. R. Hale

England and the Italian Renaissance : the growth of interest in its history and art

Table of Contents. Introduction to the Third Edition: Edward Chaney. Preface to the First Edition. 1. The Beginnings of Interest: mid-Sixteenth to mid-Seventeenth Centuries. 2. From Description to Speculation: mid-Seventeenth to Late Eighteenth centuries. 3. Taste for Italian Paintings: I Sixteenth to Late Eighteenth Centuries. 4. The Medici and William Roscoe: Late Eighteenth to Early Nineteenth Centuries. 5. Taste for Italian Paintings: II Late Eighteenth to Early Nineteenth Centuries. 6. Prejudice and the Term Renaissance: Early to mid-Nineteenth Century. 7. Taste for Italian Paintings: III Early Nineteenth Century to Ruskin. 8. John Addington Symonds. Notes. Bibliographical Note. Index