Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters by Amy Steedman

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A children’s version of the Lives of Artists by Vassari with many Illustrations. Of course we won’t be able to show the paintings but the descriptions and the anecdotes are interesting and may lead a child to further interest. – Summary by Susan Morin

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GIOTTO

FRA ANGELICO

MASACCIO

FRA FILIPPO LIPPI

SANDRO BOTTICELLI

DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO

FILIPPINO LIPPI

PIETRO PERUGINO

LEONARDO DA VINCI,

RAPHAEL

MICHELANGELO

ANDREA DEL SARTO

GIOVANNI BELLINI

VITTORE CARPACCIO

GIORGIONE

TITIAN

TINTORETTO

PAUL VERONESE