Preface
Illustrations
GREAT PICTURES
DESCRIBED BY GREAT WRITERS
THE FISHERMAN PRESENTING THE RING TO THE DOGE GRADENIGO
(BORDONE)
THE BIRTH OF VENUS
(BOTTICELLI)
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
(VERONESE)
THE LAST JUDGEMENT
(MICHAEL ANGELO)
MAGDALEN IN THE DESERT
(CORREGGIO)
BANQUET OF THE ARQUEBUSIERS
(VAN DER HELST)
L'EMBARQUEMENT POUR L'ÎLE DE CYTHÈRE
(WATTEAU)
THE SISTINE MADONNA
(RAPHAEL)
THE DREAM OF ST. URSULA
(CARPACCIO)
THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS
(RUBENS)
BACCHUS AND ARIADNE
(TITIAN)
THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN
(FRA ANGELICO)
JUDITH
(SANDRO BOTTICELLI)
THE AVENUE OF MIDDELHARNAIS
(HOBBEMA)
THE DANCE OF THE DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS
(ANDREA DEL SARTO)
ADORATION OF THE MAGI
(GENTILE DA FABRIANO)
PORTRAIT OF GEORG GISZE
(HOLBEIN)
PARADISE
(TINTORET)
AURORA
(GUIDO RENI)
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN
THE NIGHT WATCH
(REMBRANDT)
THE RAPE OF HELEN
(BENOZZO GOZZOLI)
MONNA LISA 9
(LEONARDO DA VINCI)
THE ADORATION OF THE LAMB
(VAN EYCK)
THE DEATH OF PROCRIS
(PIERO DI COSIMO)
THE MARRIAGE IN CANA
MADAME DE POMPADOUR
(DE LA TOUR)
THE HAY WAIN
(CONSTABLE)
THE SURRENDER OF BREDA
(VELASQUEZ)
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
(MURILLO)
ST. FRANCIS BEFORE THE SOLDAN
(GIOTTO)
LILITH
(ROSSETTI)
(DÜRER)
MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE
(HOGARTH)
THE MADONNA OF THE ROCKS
BEATRICE CENCI
THE TRANSFIGURATION
MRS. JAMESON
THE BULL
(PAUL POTTER)
CORÉSUS AND CALLIRHOÉ
(FRAGONARD)
THE MARKET-CART
(GAINSBOROUGH)
ANONYMOUS
LA CRUCHE CASSÉE
(GREUZE)
PORTRAIT OF LADY COCKBURN AND HER CHILDREN
(REYNOLDS)
ST. CECILIA
THE LAST SUPPER
THE CHILDREN OF CHARLES I.
(VAN DYCK)
THE FIGHTING TÉMÉRAIRE TUGGED TO HER LAST BERTH TO BE BROKEN UP, 1838
(TURNER)
SPRING
