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you learn something about these great artists and their
wonderful pictures, it will help your eyes to grow wise. And some day
should you visit sunny Italy, where these men lived and worked, you
will feel that they are quite old friends. Their pictures will not only be a
delight to your eyes, but will teach your heart something deeper and
more wonderful than any words can explain. AMY STEEDMAN
CONTENTS
GIOTTO, . . . BORN 1276, DIED 1337 FRA ANGELICO, . . '' 1387, ''
1466 MASACCIO, . . . '' 1401, '' 1428 FRA FILIPPO LIPPI,. . '' 1412, ''
1469 SANDRO BOTTICELLI,. . '' 1446, '' 1610 DOMENICO
GHIRLANDAIO, '' 1449, '' 1494 FILIPPINO LIP . . '' 1467, '' 1604
PIETRO PERUGINO, . '' 1446, '' 1624 LEONARDO DA VINCI,. . ''
1462, '' 1619 RAPHAEL, . . . '' 1483, '' 1620 MICHELANGELO, . . ''
1476, '' 1664 ANDREA DEL SARTO, . '' 1487, '' 1631 GIOVANNI
BELLINI, . '' 1426, '' 1616 VITTORE CARPACCIO,. . '' 1470? '' 1619
GIORGIONE, . . '' 1477? '' 1610 TITIAN, . . . '' 1477, '' 1676
TINTORETTO, . . '' 1662, '' 1637 PAUL VERONESE, . . '' 1628, ''
1688
LIST OF PICTURES
IN COLOUR
THE RELEASE OF ST. PETER. BY FILIPPO LIPPI,
`The tall angel in flowing white robes gently leads St. Peter out of
prison,' Church of the Carmine, Florence.

THE VISIT OF THE MAGI. BY GIOTTO, `The little Baby Jesus
sitting on His Mother's knee,' Academia, Florence.
THE MEETING OF ANNA AND JOACHIM. BY GIOTTO, `Two
homely figures outside the narrow gateway,' Sta. Maria Novella,
Florence.
THE ANNUNCIATION. BY FRA ANGELICO, `The gentle Virgin
bending before the Angel messenger,' S. Marco, Florence.
THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT. BY FRA ANGELICO, `The Madonna in
her robe of purest blue holding the Baby close in her arms,' Academia,
Florence.
THE ANNUNCIATION. BY FILIPPO LIPPI, `The Madonna with the
dove fluttering near, and the Angel messenger bearing the lily branch,'
Academia Florence. THE NATIVITY. BY FILIPPO LIPPI, `His
Madonnas grew ever more beautiful,' Academia, Florence.
THE ANGEL. BY BOTTICELLI, TOBIAS AND THE ANGEL. `His
figures seemed to move as if to the rhythm of music,' Academia,
Florence.
ST. PETER IN PRISON. BY FILIPPO LIPPI, `The sad face of St.
Peter looks out through the prison bars,' Church of the Carmine,
Florence.
TWO SAINTS. BY PERUGINO, THE FRESCO OF THE
CRUCIFIXION. `Beyond was the blue thread of river and the single
trees pointing upwards,' Sta. Maddalena de Pazzi, Florence.
TWO SAINTS. BY PERUGINO, THE FRESCO OF THE
CRUCIFIXION. `Quiet dignified saints and spacious landscapes,' Sta.
Maddalena de Pazzi, Florence.
ST. JAMES. BY ANDREA DEL SARTO. `The kind strong hand of the
saint is placed lovingly beneath the little chin,' Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

CHERUB. BY GIOV. BELLINI, `Giovanni's angels are little human
boys with grave sweet faces,' Church of the Frari, Venice.
ST. TRYPHONIUS AND THE BASILISK. BY CARPACCIO, `The
little boy saint has folded his hands together and looks upward in
prayer,' S. Giorgio Schiavari, Venice.
THE LITTLE VIRGIN. BY TITIAN, `The little maid is all alone,'
Academia, Venice.
THE LITTLE ST. JOHN. BY VERONESE, THE MADONNA
ENTHRONED. `The little St. John with the skin thrown over his bare
shoulder and the cross in his hand,' Academia, Florence.
IN MONOCHROME
RELIEF IN MARBLE BY GIOTTO, `The shepherd sitting under his
tent, with the sheep in front,' Campanile, Florence.
DRAWING BY MASACCIO, `His models were ordinary Florentine
youths,' Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
DRAWING BY GHIRLANDAIO, `The men of the market-place,'
Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
DRAWING BY LEONARDO DA VINCI, `He loved to draw strange
monsters,' Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
DRAWING BY RAPHAEL, `Round-limbed rosy children, half human,
half divine,' Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
DRAWING BY MICHELANGELO, `A terrible head of a furious old
man,' Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
DRAWING BY GIORGIONE, `A man in Venetian dress helping two
women to mount one of the niches of a marble palace,' Uffizi Gallery,
Florence.
DRAWING BY TINTORETTO, `The head of a Venetian boy, such as

Tintoretto met daily among the fisher-folk of Venice,' Uffizi Gallery,
Florence.
GIOTTO
It was more than six hundred years ago that a little peasant baby was
born in the small village of Vespignano, not far from the beautiful city
of Florence, in Italy. The baby's father, an honest, hard-working
countryman, was called Bondone, and the name he gave to his little son
was Giotto.
Life was rough and hard in that country home, but the peasant baby
grew into a strong, hardy boy, learning early what cold and hunger
meant. The hills which surrounded the village were grey and bare, save
where the silver of the olive-trees shone in the sunlight, or the tender
green of the shooting corn made the valley beautiful in early spring. In
summer there was little shade