pt. 1. Italy: Introductory. Traces of ancient learning dark in the dark ages. Revival of art in Romanesque and Byzantine styles, while literature remained in darkness. Nivola Pisano the first eclectic artist. Petrarch and revival of classical study. The humanist. Neo-Platonism and paganism. Libraries. Florence the seat of the revival. The antiquary - Brunelleschi. Study of ancient art. The Duomo of Florence. Arnolfo's building. Talenti. The dome and its construction by Brunelleschi - Adoption of neo-classic art at Florence. Practised with the freedom of Gothic. Brunelleschi. Michelozzo. Alberti. Benedetto da Majano. Duomo of Rimini. Discovery of Vitruvius. Its baneful effect. Abuser of the column - Monuments in the new art. Rossellino. Benedetto da Settignano. Michelozzo and Donatello. Arabesque. Brunelleschi, his models and methods of building - Florentine artists abroad ; Alberti at Mantua. Brunelleschi and Filarete at Milan. Michelozzo and Giorgio Orsini at Ragusa. Portinari Chapel at Milan. Urbino. Farnese Palace and Antonio da San Gallo. Baldassarre Peruzzi - Lombardy. Adherence to Gothic. Certosa of Pavia. Borgognone. The Lombard rombs. Bergamo and Colleoni Chapel. Brescia. Como. Bologna. Genoa - Venice. Special character of the architecture. Coloured decoration. Renaissance Palaces. Court of Ducal Palace. Sansovino. Inferiority of Renaissance tombs at Venice. Aversion from Palladianism. La Salute. Extravagance of Baroco - Bramante, his work at Rome, and at Milan. Jiulis II and S. Peter's. History of the building of St. Peter's - Decorative arts of the Early Renaissance. Sculpture. Terra Cotta. Coloured marble. Pavements. Intarsia and other inlay. Painting. Art of this age vernacular - Bramante and Michel Angelo. The Medici tombs. Vignola and Palladio. Their work and writings. Caprarola. Palaces at Vicenza. Scamozzi and Longhena. Establishment of Vitruvian rule, and completion of the Renaissance movement - Review of the Renaissance and the result of the movement - Conclusion..

pt. 2. England.

pt. 3. France.