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Index
Beginning
Table of Contents
Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Paintings
THE TORMENT OF ST. ANTHONY
MADONNA AND CHILD WITH ST. JOHN AND ANGELS
THE ENTOMBMENT
DONI TONDO: THE HOLY FAMILY
THE BATTLE OF CASCINA
SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING 'DETAIL' IMAGES
CONTENTS
The Ceiling Narrative Paintings: The Creation
The Ceiling Narrative Paintings: The Creation and Downfall of A...
The Ceiling Narrative Paintings: The Noah Stories
Ancestors of Christ: Triangles
Ancestors of Christ: Lunettes
Prophets
Sibyls
Pendentives
Ignudi
Medallions
THE LAST JUDGMENT
LEDA AND THE SWAN
THE CONVERSION OF SAUL
THE CRUCIFIXION OF ST. PETER
The Sculptures
MADONNA OF THE STAIRS
BATTLE OF THE CENTAURS
CRUCIFIXES
STATUES FOR THE 'ARCA DI SAN DOMENICO'
BACCHUS
PIETÀ
DAVID
MADONNA OF BRUGES
PICCOLOMINI ALTARPIECE
TONDO PITTI
TADDEI TONDO
ST. MATTHEW
TOMB OF POPE JULIUS II
REBELLIOUS SLAVE
DYING SLAVE
OTHER SLAVE STATUES
THE GENIUS OF VICTORY
TOMB OF GIULIANO DE' MEDICI
TOMB OF LORENZO DE' MEDICI
APOLLO-DAVID
CROUCHING BOY
CRISTO DELLA MINERVA
BRUTUS
FLORENTINE PIETÀ
RONDANINI PIETÀ
ATTRIBUTED SCULPTURES
The Architecture
LIST OF ARCHITECTURAL WORKS
Plan for façade of the Basilica of San Lorenzo
Sagrestia Nuova of the San Lorenzo
Laurentian Library
City fortifications of Florence
Plan for a church
Chapel of Leo X
Piazza del Campidoglio complex
Palazzo Farnese
Plan for St. Peter's Basilica
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
Sforza Chapel
Porta Pia
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
The Drawings
LIST OF DRAWINGS
Early drawings
Two Male Figures after Giotto
Male Figure after Masaccio, Arm Studies
Three Standing Men
Kneeling Man
St Jerome
Study of a Mourning Woman
One Kneeling and Two Standing Figures
Two Standing Figures in Profile
Woman Hoeing and Sitting Man
Head of a Satyr
Kneeling Female Nude in Profile
Studies for the Battle of Cascina
Battle of Cascina
Battle Scene
Study for the Battle of Cascina
Figure Studies
Male Nude, Seen from the Rear
Standing Male Nude, Seen from the Rear
Nude Rider Mounting a Horse and a Male Nude
Male Nude, Seen from the Rear
Studies of Nudes
Group of Three Male Nudes
Male Nude, Seen from the Rear
Male Nude, Seen from the Rear
Two Nude Studies
Male Nude, Seen from the Rear
Seven Studies of a Raised Arm with Shoulder Joint
Sitting Male Nude
Male Nude, Seen from the Right
Study of a Male Nude
Kneeling Male Nude
Three Studies of a Leg
Nude Man Turned to the Right
Helmeted Head of a Youth, and Other Studies
Bust of a Warrior, and a Head in Profile
Galloping Rider, a Horse, and Other Studies
Horse with Two Riders
Studies for Sculptures
Male Nude
Various Studies
Male Nude
Study of Two Women, One with Child
Project for a Wall Tomb for Pope Julius II
Tomb of Julius II
Studies of Arms and Hands
Study of a Standing Male Nude Figure
Nude Man from the Front
Studies for The Risen Christ
Studies of a Male Torso and Left Leg
Studies for The Risen Christ
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Studies of Two Wrestlers and Other Studies
Man Abducting a Woman
Man Abducting a Woman
Studies for the Sistine Chapel Frescoes
Two Studies of an Outstretched Right Arm
Study of Adam
Various Studies of Figures and Limbs
Various figure Studies
Study for Adam
Bearded Head in Profile
Study for the Head of the Cumeaen Sibyl
Studies for the Libyan Sibyl
Studies for the Libyan Sibyl
Head Study of a Smiling Youth
Youthful Nude
Sitting Nude Figures
Sitting Male Nude
Male Head in Profile and Leg Studies
Nude Study of a Sitting Youth
Study of a Man
Compositional Sketch for "Judith and Holofernes"
Four Studies for the Crucified Haman
Nude Study
Five Studies for the Figure of Haman
Two Sitting Figures
Study of a Seated Woman
Various Studies
Study for the Last Judgment
Studies for a Flying Angel
Studies for a Flying Angel
Study of a Male Nude
Male Nude, Seen from the Rear
Kneeling Male Nude, Seen from the Rear
Male Figures
Sonnet with a Caricature
Drawings for Works in the Medici Chapel
Design for a Double Tomb in the Medici Chapel
Four Studies of a Bent Arm
Male Torso
Three Studies of a Left Arm and Shoulder
Study of a Left Leg
Studies of Two Male Torsi and a Right Leg
Study of a Left Leg and Knee
Grotesque Heads
Studies of Heads, an Ear, and a Leg
Studies of grotesque heads
The Resurrection
Resurrection of Christ
The Risen Christ
The Risen Christ
Resurrection of Christ
Study of Nude Figures
Drawings Dedicated to Tommaso dei Cavalieri
The Punishment of Tityus
Study for a Risen Christ
Six Figures in Startled Postures
The Rape of Ganymede
The Fall of Phaethon
The Fall of Phaethon
Portrait of a Woman
Cleopatra
Study for Cleopatra
Allegorical figure
Portrait of a Woman
Miscellaneous drawings
Virgin and Child
Study of a Head Looking Upward
St Anne with the Virgin and the Christ Child
Bust of the Virgin in Profile, the Child Reclining on a Cushion
Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child with the Infant St John
The Holy Family with the Infant St John
Madonna and Child with the Infant St John
The Holy Family with the Infant St John
Madonna and Child with the Infant St John
Head of a Woman
Study for an Annunciation
Study for an Annunciation
Madonna and Child with St Anne
The Crucifixion of Christ and the Two Thieves
Studies for the Descent from the Cross
Head Studies and a Female Figure Leaning Forward
The Lamentation of Christ
The Lamentation of Christ
Male Nude Surrounded by Several Figures
Studies of the Crucified Christ
Study for the Colonna Pietà
Christ on the Cross
Epiphany
Crucified Christ with Mary and John
Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and St John
Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and St John
Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and St John
Christ Crucified between the Virgin and St John
Descent from the Cross
Ideal Face
Bust of a Young Man
A Man Lifting a Boar onto his Shoulder
Study of a Child's Head
Study of an Inclined Head
Archers Shooting at a Herm
Sitting Nude Figures
The Damned Soul
Satyr's Head
Andrea Quaratesi
Male Upper Body with Folded Hands
The Flagellation of Christ
Christ in Limbo
Madonna with Child
Woman with a Distaff and Three Children
Study of a Left Male Leg
The Lamentation of Christ
Upper Body of a Sitting Man and Study of a Right Arm
Pietà
Aeneas with a Boy
Study of a Prophet or Evangelist
The Poetry
ESSAY ON THE POETRY OF MICHELANGELO by Walter Pater
THE SONNETS OF MICHAELANGELO BUONARROTI
PREFATORY NOTE.
INTRODUCTION.
PROEM. THE PHILOSOPHIC FLIGHT.
ON DANTE ALIGHIERI.
ON DANTE ALIGHIERI.
TO POPE JULIUS II.
ON ROME IN THE PONTIFICATE OF JULIUS II.
TO GIOVANNI DA PISTOJA. ON THE PAINTING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL.
INVECTIVE AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF PISTOJA.
TO LUIGI DEL RICCIO.
TO LUIGI DEL RICCIO, AFTER THE DEATH OF CECCHINO BRACCI.
THANKS FOR A GIFT.
TO GANDOLFO PORRINO.
TO GIORGIO VASARI. ON THE LIVES OF THE PAINTERS.
TO VITTORIA COLONNA. A MATCHLESS COURTESY.
TO VITTORIA COLONNA. BRAZEN GIFTS FOR GOLDEN.
FIRST READING. TO VITTORIA COLONNA.
THE MODEL AND THE STATUE.
SECOND READING. TO VITTORIA COLONNA.
THE MODEL AND THE STATUE.
THE LOVER AND THE SCULPTOR.
LOVE AND ART.
THE ARTIST AND HIS WORK.
BEAUTY AND THE ARTIST.
THE AMULET OF LOVE.
THE GARLAND AND THE GIRDLE.
THE SILKWORM.
WAITING IN FAITH.
FLESH AND SPIRIT.
THE DOOM OF BEAUTY.
THE TRANSFIGURATION OF BEAUTY: A DIALOGUE WITH LOVE.
JOY MAY KILL.
NO ESCAPE FROM LOVE.
THE HEAVENLY BIRTH OF LOVE AND BEAUTY.
LOVE'S DILEMMA.
TO TOMMASO DE' CAVALIERI. LOVE THE LIGHT-GIVER.
TO TOMMASO DE' CAVALIERI. LOVE'S LORDSHIP.
LOVE'S EXPOSTULATION.
FIRST READING. A PRAYER TO NATURE.
AMOR REDIVIVUS.
SECOND READING. A PRAYER TO NATURE.
AMOR REDIVIVUS.
LOVE'S FURNACE.
LOVE'S PARADOXES.
LOVE MISINTERPRETED.
PERHAPS TO VITTORIA COLONNA. LOVE'S SERVITUDE.
LOVE'S VAIN EXPENSE.
LOVE'S ARGUMENT WITH REASON.
FIRST READING. LOVE'S LOADSTONE.
SECOND READING. LOVE'S LOADSTONE.
LIGHT AND DARKNESS.
SACRED NIGHT.
THE IMPEACHMENT OF NIGHT.
THE DEFENCE OF NIGHT.
LOVE FEEDS THE FLAME OF AGE.
LOVE'S FLAME DOTH FEED ON AGE.
BEAUTY'S INTOLERABLE SPLENDOUR.
LOVE'S EVENING.
LOVE'S EXCUSE.
IN LOVE'S OWN TIME.
FIRST READING. LOVE IN YOUTH AND AGE.
SECOND READING. LOVE IN YOUTH AND AGE.
CELESTIAL LOVE.
CELESTIAL AND EARTHLY LOVE.
LOVE LIFTS TO GOD.
LOVE'S ENTREATY.
FIRST READING. HEAVEN-BORN BEAUTY.
SECOND READING. HEAVEN-BORN BEAUTY.
FIRST READING. CARNAL AND SPIRITUAL LOVE.
SECOND READING. CARNAL AND SPIRITUAL LOVE.
LOVE AND DEATH.
LOVE IS A REFINER'S FIRE.
FIRST READING. LOVE'S JUSTIFICATION.
SECOND READING. LOVE'S JUSTIFICATION.
AFTER THE DEATH OF VITTORIA COLONNA.
IRREPARABLE LOSS.
AFTER THE DEATH OF VITTORIA COLONNA. LOVE'S TRIUMPH OVER DEATH.
AFTER THE DEATH OF VITTORIA COLONNA. AFTER SUNSET.
AFTER THE DEATH OF VITTORIA COLONNA. A WASTED BRAND.
TO GIORGIO VASARI. ON THE BRINK OF DEATH.
TO GIORGIO VASARI. VANITY OF VANITIES.
A PRAYER FOR FAITH.
TO MONSIGNOR LODOVICO BECCADELLI. URBINO.
WAITING FOR DEATH.
A PRAYER FOR STRENGTH.
A PRAYER FOR PURIFICATION.
A PRAYER FOR AID.
AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS.
FIRST READING. A PRAYER FOR GRACE IN DEATH.
SECOND READING. A PRAYER FOR GRACE IN DEATH.
HEART-COLDNESS.
THE DEATH OF CHRIST.
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.
The Biographies
LIFE OF MICHELAGNOLO BUONARROTI by Giorgio Vasari
MICHELANGELO by Romain Rolland
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. Childhood and Youth (1475-1505)
CHAPTER II. MICHELANGELO AND JULIUS II (1505-1513)
CHAPTER III. THE FAILURE OF THE GREAT PLANS (1513-1534)
CHAPTER IV. VITTORIA COLONNA (1535-1547)
CHAPTER V. OLD AGE AND DEATH (1547-1564)
CHAPTER VI. THE GENIUS OF MICHELANGELO AND HIS INFLUENCE ON ITA...
NOTE ON THE DRAWINGS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE LIFE OF MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI by John Addington Symonds
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
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