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[Illustration: PORTRAIT OF MICHELANGELO BY MARCELLO VENUSTI
_Author of "Beethoven," "Jean Christophe," etc._
This life of Michelangelo is published in France in the series called "Les Maîtres de l'Art," and is here translated into English for the first time. It is entirely distinct from a study of Michelangelo by Romain Rolland which appeared some time ago.
CHAPTER I--CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH (1475-1505) 1
CHAPTER II--MICHELANGELO AND JULIUS II (1505-1512) 26
CHAPTER III--THE FAILURE OF THE GREAT PLANS (1513-1534) 45
CHAPTER IV--VITTORIA COLONNA (1535-1547) 80
CHAPTER V--OLD AGE AND DEATH (1547-1564) 108
CHAPTER VI--THE GENIUS OF MICHELANGELO AND HIS INFLUENCE ON ITALIAN ART 142
CATALOGUE OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS OF MICHELANGELO IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 175
Portrait of Michelangelo by Marcello Venusti. (Capitoline Museum, Rome.) _Frontispiece_
David. (Accademia delle Belle Arti, Florence.) 18
The Holy Family. Painted for Agnolo Doni. (National Gallery, London.) 22
The Almighty Creating the Sun and the Moon. (Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.) 30
The Creation of Man. (Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.) 36
The Prophet Ezekiel. (Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.) 40
The Libyan Sibyl. (Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.) 46
The Prophet Jeremiah. (Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.) 50
The Erythrean Sibyl. (Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.) 58
Jesse. A Figure in the Series of the "Ancestors of Christ." (Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.) 64
Decorative Figure. (Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.) 70
Decorative Figure. (Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.) 76
Sketch for the Tomb of Julius II. Drawing. (Uffizi, Florence.) 84
Slave. Figure for the Tomb of Julius II. (Louvre.) 94
Moses. Figure for the Tomb of Julius II. (San Pietro-in-Vinculi, Rome.) 104
Tomb of Giuliano de Medici. (Chapel of the Medici in San Lorenzo, Florence.) 114
Dawn. Figure from the Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici. (Chapel of the Medici in San Lorenzo, Florence.) 122
Twilight. Figure from the Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici. (Chapel of the Medici in San Lorenzo, Florence.) 130
Christ and the Saints. Detail from The Last Judgment. (Sistine Chapel.) 138
Charon's Boat. Detail from The Last Judgment. (Sistine Chapel.) 146