ves opposite to each other, which contain
drawings by the hand of Donato and of Michelagnolo Buonarroti, he has
written, with much judgment, these two Greek epigrams; on Donato's,
"[Greek: e Donatos Bonarhrotizei]," and on Michelagnolo's, "[Greek: e
Bonarhrotos Donatizei]"; which mean in Latin, "Aut Donatus Bonarrotum
exprimit et refert; aut Bonarrotus Donatum," and in our own tongue,
"Either the spirit of Donato works in Buonarroto, or that of Buonarroto
began by working in Donato."

MICHELOZZO MICHELOZZI

LIFE OF MICHELOZZO MICHELOZZI

SCULPTOR AND ARCHITECT OF FLORENCE

If every man who lives in this world were to realize that he may have to
live when he is no longer able to work, there would not be so many
reduced to begging in their old age for that which they consumed without
any restraint in their youth, when their large and abundant gains,
blinding their true judgment, made them spend more than was necessary
and much more than was expedient. For, seeing how coldly a man is looked
upon who has fallen from wealth to poverty, every man should
strive--honestly, however, and maintaining the proper mean--to avoid
having to beg in his old age. And whosoever will act like
Michelozzo--who did not imitate his master Donato in this respect,
although he did in his virtues--will live honourably all the course of
his life, and will not be forced in his last years to go about miserably
hunting for the wherewithal to live.

Now Michelozzo applied himself in his youth to sculpture under
Donatello, and also to design; and although he realized their
difficulties, nevertheless he went on ever practising so diligently with
clay, with wax, and with marble, that he ever showed ability and great
talent in the works that he made afterwards. There was one art in which
he surpassed many and even his own self, for, after Brunellesco, he was
held to be the most methodical architect of his times, and the one who
was best able to arrange and contrive palaces, convents, and houses for
human habitation, and who designed them with the greatest judgment, as
will be told in the proper place. Of this man Donatello availed himself
for many years, because he was very well practised in working marble and
in the business of casting in bronze; of which we have proof in a tomb
in S. Giovanni at Florence (which was made by Donatello, as it has been
said, for Pope Giovanni Coscia), since the greater part was executed by
Michelozzo; and