Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-307) and index.
1. Early Renaissance (1440-1500) : From Gothic to Renaissance ; The response to Padua ; Giovanni Bellini and Antonello's visit of 1475-6 ; Narrative painting and the Ventian Scuole ; Devotional painting after Antonello ; Fifteenth-century portraiture ; The profession of painter --
2. High Renaissance (1500-1540) : Giorgione ; The younger generation ; The older generation ; Titian : the years of maturity ; Titian's contemporaries ; Lotto and Pordenone in Venice --
3. Late Renaissance (1540-1590) : The Mannerist experiment ; Titian : the later career ; Theory and criticism ; Jacopo Bassano and Venice ; Tintoretto ; Veronese ; The painters of the Doge's Palace.