The Italian Painters of the Renaissance by Berenson, Bernard - 1967

Phaidon, London, 1967. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "The four essays contained in this volume were first published separately from 1894-1907. Chapters cover the Venetian painters, the Florentine Painters, Central Italian Painters, North Italian Painters and the Decline of Art." [Pub. Info] "The four great studies of the Venetian, Florentine, Central Italian, and Northern Italian painters of the Renaissance are here brought together, providing for the first time a complete survey of Italian Renaissance art from Cimabue to Correggio. Among the Painters and sculptors discussed in detail are Giotto, Bellini, Donatello, Giorgione, Leonardo de Vinci, Raphael, Tintoretto, Titian, Velazquez, Veronese, and Verrocchio." [Pub. Info] As new. 400 color and black & white illustrations. 480 pages. A beautifully produced, larger format book. Perhaps the definitive work on the paintings of the Italian Renaissance. There is a protective myler cover. 1ST EDITION, 6TH IMPRESSION.