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Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century: A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with IntroductionHurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

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Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century: A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction

Name: Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century: A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction
Author: Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

Sculpture, Italian

This little collection is intended as a companion volume to "Greek
Sculpture," a previous issue of the Riverside Art Series. The two sets
of pictures, studied side by side, illustrate clearly the difference
in the spirit animating the two art periods represented.

The Tuscan sculpture of the Renaissance was developed under a variety
of forms, of which as many as possible are included in the limits of
our book: the equestrian statue, the sepulchral monument, the ideal
statue of saint and hero, as well as various forms of decorative art
applied to the beautifying of churches and public buildings both
without and within.

ESTELLE M. HURLL.
NEW BEDFORD, MASS.
February, 1902.




CONTENTS AND LIST OF PICTURES

                                                                  PAGE
IL MARZOCCO (THE HERALDIC LION OF FLORENCE)
. By Donatello Frontispiece

INTRODUCTION

      I. ON SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF TUSCAN SCULPTURE
           OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY                                vii
     II. ON BOOKS OF REFERENCE                                      xi
    III. HISTORICAL DIRECTORY OF THE WORKS IN THIS COLLECTION     xiii
     IV. TABLE OF BIOGRAPHICAL DATA                                xvi
   I. MUSICAL ANGELS. By Donatello                                   1
  II. ST. PHILIP. By Nanni di Banco                                  7
 III. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. By Donatello                            13
  IV. THE INFANT JESUS AND ST. JOHN. By Mino da Fiesole             19
   V. BOYS WITH CYMBALS. By Luca della Robbia                       25
  VI. TOMB OF ILARIA DEL CARRETTO (Detail). By Jacopo
        della Quercia                                               31
 VII. MADONNA AND CHILD (Detail of lunette). By Luca
        della Robbia                                                37
VIII. THE MEETING OF ST. FRANCIS AND ST. DOMINICK. By
        Andrea della Robbia                                         43
  IX. ST. GEORGE. By Donatello                                      49
   X. BAMBINO. By Andrea della Robbia                               55
  XI. THE ANNUNCIATION. By Andrea della Robbia                      61
 XII. THE ASCENSION. By Luca della Robbia                           67
XIII. TOMB OF THE CARDINAL OF PORTUGAL. By Antonio
        Rossellino                                                  73
 XIV. EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF GATTAMELATA. By Donatello                79
  XV. SHRINE. By Mino da Fiesole                                    86
 XVI. IL MARZOCCO (THE HERALDIC LION OF FLORENCE)
        By Donatello (See Frontispiece)                             91

PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES AND FOREIGN WORDS            95

NOTE: With one exception the pictures were made from photographs
by Alinari; the "Musical Angels" was made from a photograph
by Naya.




INTRODUCTION

I. ON SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF TUSCAN SCULPTURE
   IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

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Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century: A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction

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