Origin and development of picture frames -- Problems in writing a history of picture frames -- On the choice of the illustrations -- The tradition of historical frames -- Historical survey -- Very early forms of picture framing -- Architectonic framing -- Late Gothic frames in Germany and the Netherlands -- Secular frames -- Painted frames -- Italian regional frames from the Quattrocento to the late Baroque -- Spanish frames -- Netherlandish, Flemish, and frames from the Alpine Lands -- French frames -- English frames -- Baroque frames in other lands -- Frame styles since the nineteenth century -- Picture section -- Antecedents -- Architectonic frames -- Secular frames North of the Alps -- Italian Renaissance frames -- Polychrome frames -- Italian regional frames -- Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American frames -- Netherlandish, Flemish, and Alpine frames -- Sculptured frames -- Italian Baroque frames -- Seventeenth century English frames -- Various materials -- French frames -- Eighteenth century English frames -- Late Baroque frames in the other countries -- Gallery frames -- From Classicism to Historicism -- Symbolism and art-nouveau -- Folk art -- Small formats -- Variations of present-day museum frames -- Framing for graphics -- Frames in America.
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