CONTENTS AND LIST OF PICTURES

[Portrait of Michelangelo. Attributed to Bugiardini.][
Frontispiece.]

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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.

INTRODUCTION

I. ON MICHELANGELO'S CHARACTER AS AN ARTIST.