Renaissance in Italy, Volume 3 (of 7)

CHAPTER I

THE PROBLEM FOR THE FINE ARTS

Art in Italy and Greece--The Leading Phase of Culture--Æsthetic Type of Literature--Painting the Supreme Italian Art--Its Task in the Renaissance--Christian and Classical Traditions--Sculpture for the Ancients--Painting for the Romance Nations--Mediaeval Faith and Superstition--The Promise of Painting--How far can the Figurative Arts exp...