Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters

by Amy Steedman

Overview

KNIGHTS OF ART

STORIES OF THE ITALIAN PAINTERS

By Amy Steedman

Stories of the Renaissance artists of Italy, such as Titian, Perugino, Tintoretto, Carpaccio, Veronese, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael Sanzio, Giotto, Angelico, Lippi, Botticelli and Bellini.

Fully illustrated, with paintings from all of the artists featured in the book. 200 pages. With a full-colour, case laminate cover.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781861717146
Publisher:	Crescent Moon Publishing
Publication date:	11/24/2017
Series:	Painters
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

British author Amy Steedman wrote scores of books for children, many of which were used in home schools and private academies. They include In God's Garden (c. 1905), Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters (1907), Stories from the Arabian Knights (1907), Nursery Tales Told to the Children (1908), Our Island Saints (1912), The Madonna of the Goldfinch (1918), and David the Shepherd Boy (c. 1926).

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

NOTE ON THE TEXT 8

ABOUT THIS BOOK 15

GIOTTO 1276-1337 18

FRA ANGELICO 1387-1466 28

MASACCIO 1401-1428 34

FRA FILIPPO LIPPI 1412-1469 43

SANDRO BOTTICELLI 1446-1610 64

DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO 1449-1494 73

FILIPPINO LIPPI 1467-1604 86

PIETRO PERUGINO 1446-1624 91

LEONARDO DA VINCI 1462-1619 103

RAPHAEL 1483-1620 117

MICHELANGELO 1476-1664 131

ANDREA DEL SARTO 1487-1631 139

GIOVANNI BELLINI 1426-1616 148

VITTORE CARPACCIO 1470?-1619 154

GIORGIONE 1477?-1610 158

TITIAN 1477-1676 163

TINTORETTO 1662-1637 167

PAUL VERONESE 1628-1688 172