Project Gutenberg 2009-07-28 Public domain in the USA. 559 Davies, Randall 1866 1946 Davies, Randall Robert Henry R. D. (Randall Davies) D., R. (Randall Davies) Six Centuries of Painting Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Six Centuries of Painting" by Randall Davies is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the evolution of painting across Europe, detailing prominent artists and movements from the Renaissance to modern times. It serves as a comprehensive survey, aiming to provide readers with insights into the development of artistic styles and techniques alongside the socio-cultural contexts that influenced them. The opening of this work lays a foundational understanding of the history of painting, starting from the pivotal figure of Cimabue in the thirteenth century. Davies emphasizes the important role of the Christian Church in fostering the growth of painting as an art form, which had initially been shunned. He outlines significant milestones and transitions in artistic representation, highlighting how painting evolved from rigid religious depictions to embodying emotional depth and realistic portrayals of human beings and nature. This introductory section emphasizes the relationships among key historical figures and how their innovations set the stage for future developments in art. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 50.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Painting -- History ND Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: History - General Category: History - European Category: Art 764585 2025-06-12T08:58:21.123899 text/html 742588 2009-07-28T10:56:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 7025314 2009-07-28T10:56:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 7603025 2025-06-12T08:58:41.742839 application/epub+zip 7590504 2025-06-12T08:58:25.911909 application/epub+zip 351752 2025-06-12T08:58:22.449835 application/epub+zip 6418506 2025-06-12T08:58:52.001709 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6318207 2025-06-12T08:58:36.902972 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 468735 2022-09-13T15:50:05.632605 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 635191 2025-06-12T08:58:19.226912 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 634754 2009-07-28T10:56:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 241989 2009-07-28T10:56:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 634782 2009-07-28T10:56:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 241637 2009-07-28T10:56:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20033 2025-06-12T08:58:52.234691 application/rdf+xml 14708 2025-06-12T08:58:22.611824 image/jpeg 2538 2025-06-12T08:58:22.530875 image/jpeg 7096489 2025-06-12T08:58:21.483870 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog