| CHAP. I. |
| MANTUAN SCHOOL. |
| Page |
| Epoch I. | Of Mantegna and his successors | [5] |
| Epoch II. | Giulio Romano and his school | [14] |
| Epoch III. | Decline of the school, and foundation of an academy inorder to restore it | [26] |
| CHAP. II. |
| MODENESE SCHOOL. |
| Epoch I. | The old masters | [32] |
| Epoch II. | Imitation of Raffaello and Coreggio in the sixteenthcentury | [42] |
| Epoch III. | The Modenese artists of the seventeenth century chieflyfollow the example of the Bolognese | [57] |
| CHAP. III. |
| SCHOOL OF PARMA. |
| Epoch I. | The ancients | [74] |
| Epoch II. | Coreggio, and those who succeeded him in hisschool | [79] |
| Epoch III. | Parmese school of the Caracci, and of other foreignersuntil the period of the foundation of the academy | [134] |
| CHAP. IV. |
| SCHOOL OF CREMONA. |
| Epoch I. | The ancients | [148] |
| Epoch II. | Camillo Boccaccino, Il Soiaro, the Campi | [163] |
| Epoch III. | Decline of the school of the Campi. Trotti and otherartists support it | [182] |
| Epoch IV. | Foreign manners introduced into Cremona | [194] |
| CHAP. V. |
| SCHOOL OF MILAN. |
| Epoch I. | Account of the ancient masters until the time ofVinci | [206][a] |
| Epoch II. | Vinci establishes an academy of design at Milan. Hispupils and the best native artists down to the time of Gaudenzio | [238] |
| Epoch III. | The Procaccini and other foreign and native artistsform a new academy, with new styles, in the city and state ofMilan | [283] |
| Epoch IV. | After the time of Daniele Crespi the art declines. Athird academy is founded for its improvement | [305] |