LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INSERTED PLATES
Specimens of Stones mentioned by Vasari. (Reproduction in colour of a drawing by the Editor.) [Frontispiece.]
Portrait of Vasari, from the Edition of 1568. Probably by a German artist called in Italy ‘Cristoforo Coriolano.’ [Tail-piece to List of Illustrations.]
Plate I. Leo X with his Cardinals. Mural Painting by Vasari in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. (From a photograph by Alinari.) To face p. [17]
Plate II. Principal Doorway at S. Maria Novella, Florence, showing the position of the inscribed porphyry tablet on the riser of the step. (From a photograph by Alinari.) To face p. [32]
Plate III. Portrait in Porphyry of Cosimo ‘Pater Patriae,’ by Francesco del Tadda, in the Magazines of the National Museum, Florence. (From a photograph by the Editor.) Unpublished. To face p. [34]
Plate IV. Interior of Grotto in Boboli Gardens, Florence, showing an unfinished statue ascribed to Michelangelo. (From a photograph by the Editor.) To face p. [90]
Plate V. Portrait in Porphyry of Leo X, by Francesco del Tadda, in the Magazines of the National Museum, Florence. (From a photograph by the Editor.) Unpublished. To face p. [114]
Plate VI. Salamander Carved in Travertine, on the Façade of S. Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. The work of a French artist ‘Maestro Gian.’ (From a photograph by the Editor.) Unpublished. To face p. [132]
Plate VII. Illustration showing Process of Piece-Moulding in Plaster. (From the French Encyclopédie.) To face p. [160]
Plate VIII. Engravings illustrating the Process of Casting in Bronze. (From the French Encyclopédie.) To face p. [164]
Plate IX. Statue of S. Rocco carved in Limewood, by a French artist ‘Maestro Janni,’ in the Church of the Annunziata, Florence. (From a drawing by Robert J. Rose.) Unpublished. To face p. [176]
Plate X. A. Interior of a Sculptor’s Studio in the eighteenth century, with illustrations of the methods of measurement then in vogue. (From the French Encyclopédie.)
B. Diagram to illustrate Leon Battista Alberti’s method of measurement.		 To face p. [192]
Plate XI. Specimen of so-called ‘Sgraffito’ Decoration, on the exterior of the Palazzo Montalvo, Florence. (From a photograph by Alinari.) To face p. [244]
Plate XII. Portion of the Decoration of the Loggie of the Vatican, by Raphael and his assistants. (Reproduced in colour from a hand-painted example of the engravings of about 1770–80 by Ottaviani and Volpato, in the National Art Library.) To face p. [248]
Plate XIII. Specimen of Niello Work. A ‘Pax,’ formerly in the Baptistry, and now in the National Museum, Florence. (From a photograph by Alinari.) To face p. [274]
Plate XIV. Chiaroscuro Wood-Engraving by Ugo da Carpi, in the Print-Room, British Museum. Subject: ‘Jacob’s Dream,’ after Raphael. To face p. [282]
Plate XV. Head of Mary, from Luini’s Fresco of the ‘Marriage of the Virgin’ at Saronno. (From a photograph by Giacomo Brogi.) To illustrate the fresco technique. To face p. [290]
Plate XVI. Example of Tarsia Work. S. Zenobi, by Giuliano da Majano, in Opera del Duomo, Florence. (From a photograph by Alinari.) To face p. [306]
Plate XVII. Painted Glass Window in the Laurentian Library, Florence. (From a photograph by Alinari.) To face p. [310]
FIGURES IN THE TEXT
Fig. 1. Inscribed Porphyry Tablet at S. Maria Novella, Florence. (Drawn from a photograph by the Editor.) p. [31]
Fig. 2. Tools mentioned by Vasari, etc. (From drawings by the Translator and Editor.) p. [48]
Fig. 3. Fortezza da Basso at Florence. (Drawn from a photograph by the Editor.) p. [67]
Fig. 4. Rusticated masonry on the exterior of the Fortezza da Basso at Florence. (Measured drawing by the Editor.) p. [69]
Fig. 5. Construction of the Portico of the Uffizi at Florence, from Vasari’s description. (Drawn by the Editor.) p. [71]
Fig. 6. Drawing of the remains of the Basilica Aemilia in the Forum at Rome, that survived to the time of Vasari. (After Giuliano da San Gallo, in Monumenti del Istituto, XII, T. 11, 12.) p. [77]
Fig. 7. Roman Doric Cap, with Stucco Finish, at S. Nicola in Carcere, Rome. (From Mitteilungen d. k. deutschen archeologischen Instituts, XXI.) p. [78]
Fig. 8. Portion of a Plan of Rome, before recent alterations, from Nolli, Nuova Pianta di Roma, 1748. p. [105]
Fig. 9. Sketch of shape of the large porphyry Tazza in the Sala Rotonda of the Vatican. p. [109]
Fig. 10. Sketch map of the marble-producing districts of the Apuan Alps. p. [121]
Fig. 11. Two views of unfinished Greek marble statue blocked out on the ancient system. In quarries on Mount Pentelicus, Athens. (From a photograph kindly furnished by M. Georges Nicole.) p. [193]

PORTRAIT OF VASARI, FROM THE EDITION OF 1568,
probably by a German artist, called in Italy ‘Cristoforo Coriolano’.