THE LIFE OF
MICHAEL ANGELO
AUTHOR OF “JOHN CHRISTOPHER” ETC.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH
BY FREDERIC LEES
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY
1912
BALLANTYNE & COMPANY LTD
Tavistock Street Covent Garden
London England
| page | |
| Preface | v |
| Introduction | 3 |
| PART I—THE STRUGGLE | |
| IStrength | 23 |
| IIShattered Strength | 50 |
| IIIDespair | 70 |
| PART II—ABDICATION | |
| ILove | 91 |
| IIFaith | 125 |
| IIISolitude | 149 |
| EPILOGUE | |
| Death | 165 |
| APPENDIX | |
| Part IPoems by Michael Angelo | 175 |
| Part IIBibliography | 192 |
| Index | 197 |
facing | |
| FrontispiecePortrait of Michael Angelo Attributed to Marcello Venusti | |
| Tomb of Giuliano de’ Medici In the Medici Chapel, San Lorenzo, Florence |
12 |
| The Battle of the Centaurs Unfinished bas-relief in the Galleria Buonarroti, Florence |
24 |
| Pieta St. Peter’s, Rome |
28 |
| David Academy of Fine Arts, Florence |
30 |
| The Holy Family In the Uffizi, Florence |
34 |
| The Prophet Jeremiah In the Sistine Chapel |
42 |
| Decorative Figure In the Sistine Chapel |
48 |
| The Slave From the statue in the Louvre |
54 |
| God Creating the Sun and Moon In the Sistine Chapel |
60 |
| Monument of Lorenzo de’ Medici Medici Chapel, San Lorenzo, Florence |
64 |
| The Creation of Man In the Sistine Chapel |
68 |
| The Erythræan Sybil From the Sistine Chapel |
74 |
| The Libyan Sybil From the Sistine Chapel |
80 |
| Victory From the group in the National Museum, Florence |
84 |
| Christ Condemning the Wicked Fragment of “The Last Judgement,” in the Sistine Chapel |
92 |
| Young Woman Wearing a Helmet From the drawing in the Uffizi Gallery |
100 |
| The Resurrection From a drawing in the Louvre |
112 |
| The Resurrection From a drawing in the British Museum |
116 |
| Charon’s Boat Fragment of “The Last Judgment” in the Sistine Chapel |
120 |
| Moses (Tomb of Julius II) San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome |
124 |
| Original Model (in wood) of the Dome of St. Peter’s In the Vatican |
128 |
| The Descent from the Cross From the group in the Cathedral, Florence |
130 |
| Jesse In the Sistine Chapel |
146 |
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