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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) · Giorgio Vasari — chapter 2 of 30 · ~244 words · public domain

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TADDEO GADDI 175

ANDREA DI CIONE ORCAGNA 187

TOMMASO, CALLED GIOTTINO 201

GIOVANNI DAL PONTE 209

AGNOLO GADDI 215

INDEX OF NAMES 225

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME I

PLATES IN COLOUR

FACING PAGE

CIMABUE Madonna and Child Florence: Accademia, 102 10

GIOTTO Madonna and Child Florence: Accademia, 103 82

PIETRO LAURATI Madonna and Child, Assisi: Lower Church 118 with SS. Francis and John

AMBROGIO Madonna and Child, Siena: Pinacoteca, 77 156 LORENZETTI with SS. Mary Magdalen and Dorothy

SIMONE SANESE The Knighting of Assisi: Lower Church, S. Martin Chapel of S. Martin 168

LIPPO MEMMI Madonna and Child Berlin: Kaiser Friedrich Museum, 1081A 172

TADDEO GADDI The Presentation Florence: Accademia, 107 182 in the Temple

ANDREA DI CIONE Christ Enthroned Florence: S. Maria ORCAGNA Novella, Strozzi Chapel 192

GIOTTINO The Descent from Florence: Uffizi, 27 206 the Cross

PLATES IN MONOCHROME

CIMABUE Madonna, Child, Paris: Louvre, 1260 2 and Angels

ROMAN SCHOOL Isaac's Blessing Assisi: Upper Church 6

ROMAN SCHOOL The Deposition Assisi: Upper Church 6 from the Cross

CIMABUE The Crucifixion Assisi: Upper Church 8

ARNOLFO DI LAPO Reclining Female Florence: (SCHOOL OF) Figure from a Tomb Collection Bardini 18

ARNOLFO DI LAPO Tomb of Adrian V Viterbo: S. Francesco 24 (SCHOOL OF)

NICCOLA PISANO Pulpit Pisa: The Baptistery 30

NICCOLA PISANO Detail: The Pisa: Relief from the Adoration of Pulpit of the Baptistery 32 the Magi

NICCOLA PISANO Detail: The Siena: Relief from Visitation and the Pulpit The Nativity of the Baptistery 34

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