Michelangelo: Fifteen Pictures

Contents and List of Pictures

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		INTRODUCTION
i		On Michelangelo’s Character as an Artist	vii
ii		On Books of Reference	x
iii		Historical Directory of the Works of Art in this Collection	xii
iv		Collateral Readings from Literature	xv
v		Outline Table of the Principal Events in Michelangelo’s Life	xviii
vi		Some of Michelangelo’s Famous Italian Contemporaries	xx
I		MADONNA AND CHILD	1
II		DAVID	7
III		CUPID	13
IV		MOSES	19
V		THE HOLY FAMILY	25
VI		THE PIETÀ	31
VII		CHRIST TRIUMPHANT	37
VIII		THE CREATION OF MAN	43
IX		JEREMIAH	49
X		DANIEL	55
XI		THE DELPHIC SIBYL	61
XII		THE CUMÆAN SIBYL	67
XIII		LORENZO DE’ MEDICI	73
XIV		TOMB OF GIULIANO DE’ MEDICI	79
XV		CENTRAL FIGURES FROM THE LAST JUDGMENT	85
XVI		PORTRAIT OF MICHELANGELO (See Frontipiece)	91
		PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES AND FOREIGN WORDS	95

Note: All the pictures with the exception of the Cupid were made from photographs by Fratelli Alinari. The Cupid was photographed from the statue in the South Kensington Museum, London.