Produced by Chuck Greif, University of Michigan Libraries and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net MICHELANGELO [Illustration: PORTRAIT OF MICHELANGELO BY MARCELLO VENUSTI Capitoline Museum, Rome.] MICHELANGELO BY ROMAIN ROLLAND _Author of "Beethoven," "Jean Christophe," etc._ Translated by FREDERICK STREET _ILLUSTRATED_ [Illustration] NEW YORK DUFFIELD & COMPANY 1921 Copyright, 1915 by DUFFIELD & COMPANY NOTE 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. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION xi 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 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 169 CATALOGUE OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS OF MICHELANGELO IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 175 NOTE ON THE DRAWINGS 179 BIBLIOGRAPHY 181 INDEX 185 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Portrait of Michelangelo by Marcello Venusti. (Capitoline Museum, Rome.) _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Pietà. (St. Peter's, Rome.) 14 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