Christian Art and Symbolism, with Some Hints on the Study of Landscape

In these chapters, Richard St. John Tyrwhitt introduces readers to a number of different areas within the study of Christian art and symbolism. Tyrwhitt’s voice is lively yet scholarly, engaging the reader while sharing useful insight into a complex web of art history. This text was adapted from material originally delivered as lectures during 1871–1872, at Winchester, Bradford, and Halifax, England. Contents: • Preface by Professor John Ruskin • Introductory • Greek and Christian Art • Italian Art History • Florentine Succession of Painters and History of Symbolism and the Grotesque • Rafael and Michael Angelo • Durer and Holbein • Landscape Sketching • Poetry of Landscape • Art, Craft, and Schools