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    CONTENTS

  • GIOTTO, . . . BORN 1276, DIED 1337, . . 1
  • FRA ANGELICO, . . bn. 1387, d. 1466, . . 13
  • MASACCIO, . . . bn. 1401, d. 1428, . . 20
  • FRA FILIPPO LIPPI,. . bn. 1412, d. 1469, . . 24
  • SANDRO BOTTICELLI,. . bn. 1446, d. 1610, . . 62
  • DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO, . bn. 1449, d. 1494, . . 63
  • FILIPPINO LIPPI, . . bn. 1467, d. 1604, . . 72
  • PIETRO PERUGINO, . . bn. 1446, d. 1624, . . 78
  • LEONARDO DA VINCI,. . bn. 1462, d. 1619, . . 94
  • RAPHAEL, . . . bn. 1483, d. 1620, . . 113
  • MICHELANGELO, . . bn. 1476, d. 1664, . . 121
  • ANDREA DEL SARTO, . . bn. 1487, d. 1631, . . 131
  • GIOVANNI BELLINI, . . bn. 1426, d. 1616, . . 142
  • VITTORE CARPACCIO,. . bn. 1470? d. 1619, . . 149
  • GIORGIONE, . . . bn. 1477? d. 1610, . . 164
  • TITIAN, . . . bn. 1477, d. 1676, . . 161
  • TINTORETTO, . . . bn. 1662, d. 1637, . . 166
  • PAUL VERONESE, . . bn. 1628, d. 1688, . . 172
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    LIST OF PICTURES
    IN COLOUR

  • THE RELEASE OF ST. PETER. BY FILIPPO LIPPI,
    `The tall angel in flowing white robes gently leads St. Peter out of prison,'......Frontispiece
    Church of the Carmine, Florence.

  • THE VISIT OF THE MAGI. BY GIOTTO,
    `The little Baby Jesus sitting on His Mother's knee,'......8
    Academia, Florence.

  • THE MEETING OF ANNA AND JOACHIM. BY GIOTTO,
    `Two homely figures outside the narrow gateway,'......10
    Sta. Maria Novella, Florence.

  • THE ANNUNCIATION. BY FRA ANGELICO,
    `The gentle Virgin bending before the Angel messenger,'......14
    S. Marco, Florence.

  • THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT. BY FRA ANGELICO,
    `The Madonna in her robe of purest blue holding the Baby close in her arms,'......18
    Academia, Florence.

  • THE ANNUNCIATION. BY FILIPPO LIPPI,
    `The Madonna with the dove fluttering near, and the Angel messenger bearing the lily branch,'......42
    Academia Florence.

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  • THE NATIVITY. BY FILIPPO LIPPI,
    `His Madonnas grew ever more beautiful,'......48
    Academia, Florence.

  • THE ANGEL. BY BOTTICELLI,
    TOBIAS AND THE ANGEL.
    `His figures seemed to move as if to the rhythm of music,'......54
    Academia, Florence.

  • ST. PETER IN PRISON. BY FILIPPO LIPPI,
    `The sad face of St. Peter looks out through the prison bars,'......74
    Church of the Carmine, Florence.

  • TWO SAINTS. BY PERUGINO,
    THE, FRESCO OF THE CRUCIFIXION.
    `Beyond was the blue thread of river and the single trees pointing upwards,'......86
    Sta. Maddalena de Pazzi, Florence.

  • TWO SAINTS. BY PERUGINO,
    THE FRESCO OF THE CRUCIFIXION.
    `Quiet dignified saints and spacious landscapes,'......90
    Sta. Maddalena de Pazzi, Florence.

  • ST. JAMES. BY ANDREA DEL SARTO.
    `The kind strong hand of the saint is placed lovingly beneath the little chin,'......140
    Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

  • CHERUB. BY GIOV. BELLINI,
    `Giovanni's angels are little human boys with grave sweet faces,'......148
    Church of the Frari, Venice.

  • ST. TRYPHONIUS AND THE BASILISK. BY CARPACCIO,
    `The little boy saint has folded his hands together and looks upward in prayer,'......152
    S. Giorgio Schiavari, Venice.

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  • THE LITTLE VIRGIN. BY TITIAN,
    `The little maid is all alone,'......164
    Academia, Venice.

  • THE LITTLE ST. JOHN. BY VERONESE,
    THE MADONNA ENTHRONED.
    `The little St. John with the skin thrown over his bare shoulder and the cross in his hand,' . . . . . 174
    Academia, Florence.

    IN MONOCHROME

  • RELIEF IN MARBLE BY GIOTTO,
    `The shepherd sitting under his tent, with the sheep in front,'......6
    Campanile, Florence.

  • DRAWING BY MASACCIO,
    `His models were ordinary Florentine youths,'......22
    Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

  • DRAWING BY GHIRLANDAIO,
    `The men of the market-place,'......66
    Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

  • DRAWING BY LEONARDO DA VINCI,
    `He loved to draw strange monsters,'......104
    Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

  • DRAWING BY RAPHAEL,
    `Round-limbed rosy children, half human, half divine,'......114
    Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

  • DRAWING BY MICHELANGELO,
    `A terrible head of a furious old man,'......128
    Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

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  • DRAWING BY GIORGIONE,
    `A man in Venetian dress helping two women to mount one of the niches of a marble palace,'......166
    Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

  • DRAWING BY TINTORETTO,
    `The head of a Venetian boy, such as Tintoretto met daily among the fisher-folk of Venice,'......168
    Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

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