Contrast of Michael Angelo and Cellini—­Parentage and Boyhood of Michael Angelo—­Work with Ghirlandajo—­Gardens of S. Marco—­The Medicean Circle—­Early Essays in Sculpture—­Visit to Bologna—­First Visit to Rome—­The Pieta of S. Peter’s—­Michael Angelo as a Patriot and a friend of the Medici—­Cartoon for the Battle of Pisa—­Michael Angelo and Julius ii.—­The Tragedy of the Tomb—­Design for the Pope’s Mausoleum—­Visit to Carrara—­Flight from Rome—­Michael Angelo at Bologna—­Bronze Statue of Julius—­Return to Rome—­Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel—­Greek and Modern Art—­Raphael—­Michael Angelo and Leo X.—­S.  Lorenzo—­The new Sacristy—­Circumstances under which it was designed and partly finished—­Meaning of the Allegories—­Incomplete state of Michael Angelo’s Marbles—­Paul iii.—­The “Last Judgment”—­Critiques of Contemporaries—­The Dome of S. Peter’s—­Vittoria Colonna—­Tommaso Cavalieri—­Personal Habits of Michael Angelo—­His Emotional Nature—­Last Illness.

CHAPTER IX

LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI

His Fame—­His Autobiography—­Its Value for the Student of History, Manners, and Character in the Renaissance—­Birth, Parentage, and Boyhood—­Flute-playing—­Apprenticeship to Marcone—­Wanderjahr—­The Goldsmith’s Trade at Florence—­Torrigiani and England—­Cellini leaves Florence for Rome—­Quarrel with the Guasconti—­Homicidal Fury—­Cellini a Law to Himself—­Three Periods in his Manhood—­Life in Rome—­Diego at the Banquet—­Renaissance Feeling for Physical Beauty—­Sack of Rome—­Miracles in Cellini’s Life—­His Affections—­Murder of his Brother’s Assassin—­Sanctuary—­Pardon and Absolution—­Incantation in the Colosseum—­First Visit to France—­Adventures on the Way—­Accused of stealing Crown Jewels in Rome—­Imprisonment in the Castle of S. Angelo—­The Governor—­Cellini’s Escape—­His Visions—­The Nature of his Religion—­Second Visit to France—­The Wandering Court—­Le Petit Nesle—­Cellini in the French Law Courts—­Scene at Fontainebleau—­Return to Florence—­Cosimo de’ Medici as a Patron—­Intrigues of a Petty Court—­Bandinelli—­The Duchess—­Statue of Perseus—­End of Cellini’s Life—­Cellini and Machiavelli.

CHAPTER X

THE EPIGONI

Full Development and Decline of Painting—­Exhaustion of the old Motives—­Relation of Lionardo to his Pupils—­His Legacy to the Lombard School—­Bernardino Luini—­Gaudenzio Ferrari—­The Devotion of the Sacri Monti—­The School of Raphael—­Nothing left but Imitation—­Unwholesome Influences of Rome—­Giulio Romano—­Michael Angelesque Mannerists—­Misconception of Michael Angelo—­Correggio founds no School—­Parmigianino—­Macchinisti—­The Bolognese—­After-growth of Art in Florence—­Andrea del Sarto—­His Followers—­Pontormo—­Bronzino—­Revival of Painting in Siena—­Sodoma—­His Influence on Pacchia, Beccafumi, Peruzzi—­Garofalo and Dosso Dossi at Ferrari—­The Campi at Cremona—­Brescia and Bergamo—­The Decadence in the second half of the Sixteenth Century—­The Counter-Reformation—­Extinction of the Renaissance Impulse.