. _Parnassus_ is a mural painting in the Camera della Segnatura,
Vatican Palace, Rome. The date is 1509-1511.
12. _Socrates and Alcibiades_ (detail of the School of Athens) is a
mural painting in the Camera della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome. It
was painted in 1509-1511.
13. _The Flight of AEneas_ (detail of the Conflagration in the Borgo),
a mural painting in the Camera dell' Incendio, Vatican Palace, Rome.
It was executed by Giulio Romano about 1515.
14. _St. Michael slaying the Dragon_, a panel 8 ft. 9-1/2 in. by 5 ft.
3 in. It was painted on wood and transferred to canvas. It was ordered
by Leo X. as a gift to Francis I., and was presented to him by Lorenzo
de' Medici. The execution is by Giulio Romano, 1518. It is now in the
Louvre, Paris.
15. _The Sistine Madonna_, a canvas panel 8 ft. 8 in. by 6 ft. 5 in.,
was painted about 1515 for the high altar of the Church of St. Sixtus,
Piacenza, and received its name from the portrait figure of St. Sixtus
which it contains; it was purchased by the Elector of Saxony in
1753-1754 for the Dresden Gallery.
IV. COLLATERAL READINGS FROM LITERATURE.
In connection with St. Catherine:--
Latin Hymn, Vox Sonora Nostri Chori, St. Catherine's
Day. Translated by David Morgan.
Mrs. Jameson. Sacred and Legendary Art.
S. Baring-Gould. Lives of the Saints. Volume for
November.
In connection with St. Cecilia:--
S. Baring-Gould. Lives of the Saints. Volume for
November.
Mrs. Jameson. Sacred and Legendary Art.
Chaucer. Second Nonnes Tale.
Dryden. Alexander's Feast: Ode in honor of St. Cecilia's
Day.
In connection with Parnassus:--
Shelley. Hymn of Apollo.
Keats. Ode to Apollo.
Bulfinch. Age of Fable.
In connection with the Flight of AEneas:--
Virgil. AEneid, Book II. Translated by C. P. Cranch.
In connection with Socrates and Alcibiades:--
Fenelon. Lives of the Philosophers. Translated by
John Cormack.
Plato. Alcibiades, The Symposium, Protagoras. Translated
by Jowett.
Milton. Paradise Regained. Book IV. lines 240-285.
In connection with St. Michael and the Dragon:--
Milton. Paradise Lost. Book VI.
In connection with the Sistine Madonna:--
Mrs. Jameson. Sacred and Legendary Art (for St.
Barbara).
V. OUTLINE TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN RAPHAEL'S LIFE.
1483. Raphael born at Urbino.
1499. Raphael enters Perugino's studio at Perugia.
1504. "The Marriage of the Virgin."
1504. Raphael's first visit to Florence.
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