[18] Year 1894, p. 370.
[19] Vol. II, p. 510.
[20] Vol. I, p. 297.
[21] Vasari, II, p. 510, note 1.
[22] _Pictures in the National Gallery_, with descriptive text written
by C. L. Eastlake. No. I, p. 10.
[23] Vasari, II, p. 510.
[24] This valuable painting was ceded by the monks of the "Scalzi" to
the Museum of Madrid in 1861 at the suggestion of Señor Don Federigo
de Madrazo.--_Catalogue of the Museum of Prado_, Don Pedro de Madrazo
1889, p. 19.
[25] Vasari, II, p. 510 and 511.
[26] Müntz, _Histoire de l'art pendant la Renaissance--Les
Primitifs_--p. 653 and 658.
[27] Op. cit., I, p. 308.
[28] _La Sculpture Florentine_, Alinari, 1897, p. 152.
[29] Vasari, II, p. 515.
[30] _Par._, Canto XXXI (Carey's translation).
[31] _Par._, Canto XXX (Carey's translation).
[32] The _caròla_ was a kind of sacred dance, in which the dancers
holding hands move in a circle, singing as they go. It was supposed to
be the dance of Paradise.--(_Translator's note_.)
[33] Translation:
In Paradise that garden lies
Where love divine eternal shines,
And holy Saints _carolas_ weave,
Their souls inflamed with sacred love.
The Saints in that bright joyous ring,
With Angels fair of all degrees,
Before the Bridegroom graceful move
And weave the dance of sacred love.
Those heavenly courts are full of grace,
With love immeasurable filled,
All in the dance angelic move
Inspired by their sweet Saviour's love.
Their robes of linen pure are made,
White, roseate, and of mingled hues;
Fair garlands on their heads they wear,
Fit crowns to crown them priests of love.
No head is there ungarlanded,
And youthful beams each joyous face;
In that bright court refreshed they move
Where everything o'erflows with love.
The garlands made of blossoms fair,
Shine brighter than the purest gold,
The pearly daisies glisten there
Emblazoning the heavenly love.
[34] Venturi, _Le Gallerie Italiane_. _La Galleria Nazionale di Roma_,
vol. II, p. 89.
[35] See _Gazette de Beaux Arts_, 1888. W. Bode, _La Renaissance au
Musée de Berlin_; IV. _Les Peintres Florentins du XVme siècle_, p.
473.
[36] Cavalcaselle, _Storia della Pittura_, II, p. 369, note 2.
Venturi thinks that the picture approaches more to the art of Gentile
da Fabriano. See Vasari, _Gentile da Fabriano e Pisanello_. Firenze,
Sansoni, 1897, p. x.
[37] Vasari, II, _Vita di Michelozzo_, p. 440.
[38] Richa, _Le Chiese Fiorentine_, VII, p. 117.
[39] Vol. II, p. 440. In October 1438 the monks demanded a subsidy to
rebuild the dormitory which had been destroyed by fire. Gaye, I, p.
553.
[40] Vol. II, p. 441. Some chroniclers attribute the design of the
convent to Brunelleschi, and the direction and execution of the work
to Michelozzi. The building was probably completed in 1443.
[41] Vasari, II, p. 441.
[42] Vol. II, p. 508.
[43] _Katalog der Gemälde-Sammlung der kgl. älteren Pinakothek in
München._ Mit einer historischen Einleitung von Dr. Franz von Reber.
[44] Vol. II, p. 507.
[45] See Vasari, II, p. 508, and Marchese, op. cit., I, p. 326 and
following.
[46] Marchese, _San Marco illustrato_, p. 40.
[47] Rio, op. cit., II. p. 314.
[48] Cartier, _Vie de Fra Angelico_, p. 231.
[49] Vasari, II, p. 511.
[50] Marchese, op. cit., I, p. 295.
[51] _Il Santuario della SS. Annunziata di Firenze_, Guida storica
illustrativa, compilata da un religioso dei servi di Maria. Firenze,
Ricci, 1876, p. 87.
[52] Vasari, II, p. 531, note 2.
[53] Rio, _De l'art chrétien_, p. 368. "Michelozzo paraît avoir, dans
ce tableau, de quarante-cinq à cinquante ans. Or, on suppose qu'il
était né vers 1396, ce qui placerait l'exécution de ce tableau
très-peu de temps avant le départ de l'artiste pour Rome, en 1445," p.
312, note i.
[54] Rio, op. cit., II, p. 318 et seq.
[55] Rio, op. cit, II, p. 315.
[56] Richa, _Le Chiese Fiorentine_, X, pp. 137-138.
[57] Vasari, II, p. 516.
[58] Vasari, II, p. 517.
[59] Vasari, II, p. 517.
[60] Luigi Fumi, _Il duomo d' Orvieto e i suoi restauri_. Roma,
Tipografia Cooperativa, p. 370.
[61] _Storia della Pittura Italiana_, III, p. 83.
[62] Müntz, _Les Arts à la cour des Papes_. Première partie, p. 92.
[63] Pératé, _Les Papes et les Arts_. Paris, Didot, 1895, p. 72.
Müntz, _Histoire de l'Art pendant la Renaissance_, I, p. 664, and M.
Faucon, _L'OEuvre de Fra Angelico à Rome in the Newspaper L'Art_,
1883, XXXV, pp. 141-147 and 167-175.
[64] Crowe and Cavalcaselle, _A new history of painting in Italy_.
London, Murray, 1864, II, p. 500.
INDEX TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS.
The Annunciation (Convent of San Marco, Florence) Frontispiece
Angels of the "Last Judgment" Page 5 and 28
History of St. Dominic's Life 32
The Resurrection of Cardinal De' Ceccani's Nephew 33
Death of St. Dominic 34
The Annunciation (Church of Gesù, Cortona) 35
The Marriage of the Virgin (Cortona) 41
The Marriage of the Virgin (Uffizi Gallery, Florence) 41
The Visitation 42
Adoration of the Magi 43
Adoration of the Magi (Uffizi Gallery, Florence) 44
The Death of the Virgin (Cortona) 45
The Death of the Virgin (Uffizi Gallery, Florence) 45
Virgin and Child with Saints (Church of San Domenico, Cortona) 47
Madonna and Child (Pinacoteca, Perugia) 49
Birth, Preaching and Miracles of St. Nicholas (Vatican, Rome) 51
The Death of St. Nicholas (Pinacoteca, Perugia) 52
Virgin of the Annunciation (Pinacoteca, Perugia) 54
View of the Convent of San Domenico near Fiesole 57
Coronation of the Virgin (San Marco, Florence) 59
Madonna della Stella (of the Star) (San Marco, Florence) 61
The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi
(San Marco, Florence) 63
Predella (National Gallery, London) 69
The Coronation of the Virgin (Museum of the
Louvre, Paris) To face page 72
The Coronation of the Virgin (Uffizi
Gallery, Florence) To face page 75
The Last Judgment (Ancient and Modern
Gallery, Florence) To face page 77
The Dance of the Blessed (Details from
the Last Judgment) To face page 81
The Last Judgment (Rome, National Gallery) 84
The Last Judgment (Berlin Museum) 85
The Virgin of the Linen Weavers' Guild (Uffizi Gallery, Florence) 87
Angels with musical instruments from the Tabernacle
of the Linen Weavers' Guild 88 and 89
St. Mark 90
St. John Baptist 90
The Cloister of San Marco 97
Madonna and Child with Angels and Saints (Ancient and Modern
Gallery, Florence) 101
Christ on the Cross 105
St. Peter martyr 108
Christ issuing from the sepulchre 109
Christ in pilgrim's dress 111
The Crucifixion (San Marco, Florence) To face page 112
The Annunciation 116
"Noli me tangere" 117
The Transfiguration 118
The Risen Christ 119
The Institution of the Holy Sacrament 120
The Presentation in the Temple 121
Coronation of the Virgin 122
The Prayer in the Garden 123
Adoration of the Magi 124
The Crucifixion 125
The Virgin enthroned amidst Saints 126
St. Dominic, from the fresco of "Christ at the Pretorium" 129
The Descent from the Cross
(Ancient and Modern Gallery) To face page 133
View of Florence 133
The dead Christ 137
Flight into Egypt 142
Christ betrayed by Judas 144
The Resurrection of Lazarus 144
The Slaughter of the Innocents 145
Entombment of Christ 145
Coronation of the Virgin 146
The symbolic Wheel 147
The Madonna and Child with Saints (Annalena Convent) 148
The Madonna and Child with Angels and Saints (From the Convent
of the Osservanza) 149
The Last Supper 153
Christ in Judgment (Orvieto, Cathedral) 157
The Prophets (Orvieto, Cathedral) 161
The Preaching and Justification of St. Stephen (Vatican, Rome) 167
St. Laurence ordained deacon (Vatican, Rome) To face page 167
Sixtus II. consigns the church treasures to St. Laurence
(Vatican, Rome) To face page 169
The distribution of alms (Vatican, Rome) To face page 171
St. Bonaventure (Vatican, Rome) 171
Judgment of St. Laurence (Vatican, Rome) To face page 173
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