Italian Painting (1902) is a book written by John Charles Van Dyke, an American art historian and critic. The book provides a comprehensive overview of Italian painting from the early Renaissance to the end of the 19th century. The book is divided into chapters that focus on different periods and styles of Italian painting. Van Dyke discusses the works of famous Italian painters such as Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio,...