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Title: Michelangelo

Author: Romain Rolland

Translator: Frederick Street

Release Date: June 10, 2010 [EBook #32762]

Language: English

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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 Maitres 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