THE LAST FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF FLORENTINE CULTURE HAVE BEEN LESS PRODUCTIVE THAN THE PRECEDING TWO AND A HALF CENTURIES Poets and Artists Born in Florence since 1500 Allori, Christofano, 1577-1621, painter Bronzino, Angelo, 1502-1572, painter Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571, sculptor Cigoli, Luigi Cardi da, 1559-1613, painter Cortona, Pietro da, 1596-1669, architect, painter Dolci, Carlo, 1616-1686, painter Doni, Antonio Francesco, 1513-1574, author Furini, Francesco, 1604-1646, painter Ligozzi, Jacobino, 1543-1627, painter Poccetti, Bernardino, 1542-1612, painter Salviati, Francesco, 1510-1563, painter San Giovanni, Giovanni da, 1599-1636, painter Santi di Tito, 1538-1603, painter Tacco, Pietro, 1580-1640, sculptor Venusti, Marcello, 1515-1579, painter The Only Great Poet Born in London from 1250-1500 Chaucer, Geoffrey, 1328-1400 Poets and Artists Born in London since 1500 Blake, William, 1757-1827, poet and painter Browning, Robert, 1812-1889, poet Byron, Geo. Gordon Noel, Lord, 1788-1824, poet Defoe, Daniel, 1659-1731, author Ford, Edward Onslow, 1852-1901, sculptor Gilbert, Alfred, R.A., 1854- --, sculptor Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771, poet Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, painter Hood, Thomas, 1799-1845, poet Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910, painter Jonson, Ben, 1573-1637, poet and dramatist Keats, John, 1795-1821, poet Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834, essayist Linnell, John, 1792-1882, painter Lucas, John Seymour, 1849- --, painter Milton, John, 1608-1674, poet Morland, George, 1763-1804, painter Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, poet Richmond, Sir William Blake, 1843- --, painter Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882, poet, painter Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, author and art critic Spenser, Edmund, 1552-1599, poet Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834, painter, illustrator Swinburne, Algernon, 1837-1909, poet Walker, Frederick, 1840-1875, painter Watts, George F., 1817-1904, painter, sculptor [Illustration] [Sidenote: The Small World of the Ancients]