Foreword by Neil MacGregor

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Introduction by John Gage

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1

Bellini: Madonna of the Meadow

1

2

Titian: Bacchus and Ariadne

6

3

Tintoretto: St George and the Dragon

12

4

Baroque to Neo-Classicism

17

5

Frans Hals

25

6

Rembrandt

32

7

Turner and Rembrandt

57

8

The Art of Claude Lorrain

80

9

Turner and Claude

86

10

Salvator Rosa

108

11

The Geography of English Art

120

12

Hogarth: Morning: Covent Garden

125

13

John Constable, 1810–1816: A Chronological Study

130

14

The Inspiration of John Constable

152

15

Ruskin and English Taste

166

16

Ruskin and Turner

172

Acknowledgements

180

Biographical note

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