Chapter I
. HIS LIFE 1
II. DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS GENIUS 17
III. EARLIEST WORKS 32
IV. MIDDLE PERIOD 49
V. ORVIETO 63
VI. LATER PAINTINGS 87
VII. LAST WORKS 98
VIII. DRAWINGS 107
IX. PUPILS AND GENERAL INFLUENCE 111
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 121
CATALOGUE OF WORKS 131
INDEX 141
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Portrait of a Man _Gallery, Berlin_ _Frontispiece_
Portrait of Signorelli _Museo del Duomo, Orvieto_ 8
The Deposition _Cathedral, Cortona_ 10
The Flagellation _Brera Gallery, Milan_ 32
Apostles _Santa Casa, Loreto_ 34
The Incredulity of S. Thomas _Santa Casa, Loreto_ 36
The Conversion of Saul _Santa Casa, Loreto_ 36
Madonna and Saints _Cathedral, Perugia_ 38
The Circumcision _National Gallery, London_ 40
Pan _Gallery, Berlin_ 42
Madonna _Uffizi, Florence_ 44
Madonna and Saints _Pitti, Florence_ 46
Holy Family _Rospigliosi Gallery, Rome_ 46
Holy Family _Uffizi, Florence_ 48
The Annunciation _Cathedral, Volterra_ 50
The Annunciation _Uffizi, Florence_ 52
The Crucifixion _Santo Spirito, Urbino_ 54
Miracle of S. Benedict _Monte Oliveto_ 56
Miracle of S. Benedict _Monte Oliveto_ 58
Saints _Gallery, Berlin_ 60
Holy Family _Gallery, Berlin_ 60
The Crucifixion _Municipio, Borgo San Sepolero_ 62
Portraits of Signorelli and Fra Angelico _Cathedral, Orvieto_ 64
Patriarchs _Cathedral, Orvieto_ 68
The Preaching and Fall of Antichrist _Cathedral, Orvieto_ 70
The Crowning of the Elect _Cathedral, Orvieto_ 72
Subjects from Dante _Cathedral, Orvieto_ 74
Heaven _Cathedral, Orvieto_ 76
Hell _Cathedral, Orvieto_ 76
The Damnation _Cathedral, Orvieto_ 78
The Resurrection _Cathedral, Orvieto_ 80
Signs of Destruction _Cathedral, Orvieto_ 82
Madonna and Saints _Brera, Milan_ 90
Dead Christ upheld by Angels _S. Niccolo, Cortona_ 92
The Adoration of the Magi _Jarvis Collection, New Haven, U.S.A._ 94
Madonna and Saints _Mancini Collection, Citta di Castello_ 98
The Deposition _Santa Croce, Umbertide_ 100
Madonna, Saints, and Prophets _Gallery, Arezzo_ 102
Study of Nude Figure _Louvre, Paris_ 108
Magdalen at the Foot of the Cross _Academy, Florence_ 111
Tiberius Gracchus _Gallery, Buda-Pesth_ 116
ERRATUM
Page 6 line 1, _for_ "Pius II." _read_ "Sixtus IV."
The Frontispiece and the illustrations facing pp. 40, 42, and 60 (2) are from photographs by Hanfstaengl (Munich), those facing pp. 46 (No. 2) and 68 by Anderson (Rome), that facing page 108 by A. Braun & Co. (Dornach and Paris), those facing pp. 94 and 116 from private photographs, and the remainder by Alinari (Florence).
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
LUCA SIGNORELLI. Vasari, con annotazione di Gaetano Milanesi. (Firenze, G. C. Sansoni, 1879.) Vol. iii.
LUCA SIGNORELLI UND DIE ITALIENISCHE RENAISSANCE. Robert Vischer. (Leipzig, 1879.)
LUCA SIGNORELLI. Cavalcaselle e Crowe. (Le Monnier, 1898.) Vol. viii.
UEBER LEBEN, WIRKEN UND WERKE DER MALER ANDREA MANTEGNA UND LUCA SIGNORELLI. G. F. Waagen. (Historisches Taschenbuch von Raumer.)
LUCA SIGNORELLI. Manni. (Racolta Milanese di vari opuscoli, 1756.) Vol. i.
STORIA DEL DUOMO DI ORVIETO. Padre della Valle, 1791.
IL DUOMO DI ORVIETO. Ludovico Luzi, 1866.
MEMORIE ECCLESIASTICHE E CIVILI DI CITTA DI CASTELLO. Muzi, 1844.
ISTRUZIONE STORICO. Giacomo Mancini, 1832.
NOTIZIE ... SOPRA LUCA SIGNORELLI. Girolamo Mancini, 1867.
GUIDA DEI MONUMENTI ... NELLA PROVINCIA DELL'UMBRIA, GUARDABASSI. 1872.
FAMILY TREE OF THE SIGNORELLI FAMILY.
VENTURA DI SIGNORELLI. | LUCA. | EGIDIO = A sister of LAZZARO DEI TALDI | (great-grandfather of GIORGIO | VASARI, the biographer). +---------------------------+ | | VENTURA. LUCA = GALIZIA CARNESECCA. | | | +----------------+---+-------------+----------+---------+ | | | | | | | POLIDORO ANTONIO PIER TOMMASO GABRIELLA = FELICIA = | (Painter and = 1. NANNINA = MARGHERITA MARIOTTO LUCA DELLA | Builder). DI PAOLO DI VAGNOZZI. DEL MAZZA. BIOSCIA. | DI FORZORE. | | | 2. MATTEA DI | BERNARDINA. | DOMENICO DI | | | SIMONE. | +-------------+ | +-+-----------+ | | | | | LUCREZIA FRANCESCO ROSATA = GIULIO. FILIZIANO. = DOMENICO (Painter). MARIOTTO DI GILIO = FELICE DI FELICE (Banker.) CARRARI. PASSERINI.
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