The classic work of American art historian Bernard Bernson provides a comprehensive understanding of the various schools and masters of the Italian Renaissance. The author discusses each specific artist in relation to his belonging to one of the four Italian schools of that era - Florentine, Venetian, Northern Italian or Central Italian, brilliantly defining their stylistic features. The book is written in excellent language. Receiving the Nobel Prize for The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway noted that if we talk about the mastery of literary speech, the prize should have been awarded to Bernard Bernson for the clarity and transparency of his prose. This book is equipped with more than 200 paintings by Italian artists.