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   I. Birth, boyhood, youth at Florence, down to Lorenzo de’ Medici’s
      death. 1475-1492.

  II.  First visits to Bologna and Rome—­the Madonna della Febbre and
      other works in marble. 1492-1501.

 III.  Residence in Florence—­the David. 1501-1505.

  IV.  Julius II.  Calls Michelangelo to Rome—­project for the pope’s
      tomb—­the rebuilding of S. Peter’s—­flight from Rome—­cartoon
      for the battle of Pisa. 1505, 1506.

   V. Second visit to Bologna—­the bronze statue of Julius
      II—­painting of the Sistine vault. 1506-1512.

  VI.  On Michelangelo as draughtsman, painter, sculptor.

 VII.  Leo X. Plans for the church of S. Lorenzo at
      Florence—­Michelangelo’s life at Carrara. 1513-1521.

VIII.  Adrian vi and Clement VII—­the sacristy and library of S.
      Lorenzo. 1521-1526.

  IX.  Sack of Rome and siege of Florence—­Michelangelo’s flight to
      Venice—­his relations to the Medici. 1527-1534.

   X. On Michelangelo as architect.

  XI.  Final settlement in Rome—­Paul III.—­The last judgment and the
      Paoline chapel—­the tomb of Julius. 1535-1542.

 XII.  Vittoria Colonna and Tommaso Cavalieri—­Michelangelo as poet and
      man of feeling.

XIII.  Michelangelo appointed architect-in-chief at the
      Vatican—­history of S. Peter’s. 1542-1557.

 XIV.  Last years of life—­Michelangelo’s portraits—­illness of old
      age. 1557-1564.

  XV.  Death at Rome—­burial and obsequies at
      Florence—­anecdotes—­estimate of Michelangelo as man and artist.

THE LIFE OF MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

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