Bernhard Berenson

1425-1499. Pupil of Domenico Veneziano; influenced by Paolo Uccello.

1449-1494. Pupil of Baldovinetti; influenced slightly by Botticelli and more strongly by Verrocchio.

Masaccio’s death left Florentine painting in the hands of three men older, and two somewhat younger than himself, all men of great talent, if not of genius, each of whom—the former to the extent habits already formed would permit, the latter overwhelmingly, felt his influence. The older, who, but for Masaccio, would themselves have been the sole determining personalities in their art, were Fra Angelico, Paolo Uccello, and Andrea del Castagno; the younger, Domenico Veneziano and Fra Filippo.

1397-1475. Influenced by Donatello.

Pontormo, who had it in him to be a decorator and portrait-painter of the highest rank, was led astray by his awe-struck admiration for Michelangelo, and ended as an academic constructor of monstrous nudes.

1475-1517. Pupil of Pier di Cosimo; influenced by Leonardo and Michelangelo.

1483 to 1561. Pupil of Granacci, and eclectic imitator of most of his important contemporaries.

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