Chapter I: On Some Characteristics of Tuscan Sculpture

OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY vii
II. ON BOOKS OF REFERENCE xi
III. HISTORICAL DIRECTORY OF THE WORKS IN THIS COLLECTION xiii
IV. TABLE OF BIOGRAPHICAL DATA xvi
I. MUSICAL ANGELS. By Donatello 1
II. ST. PHILIP. By Nanni di Banco 7
III. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. By Donatello 13
IV. THE INFANT JESUS AND ST. JOHN. By Mino da Fiesole 19
V. BOYS WITH CYMBALS. By Luca della Robbia 25
VI. TOMB OF ILARIA DEL CARRETTO (Detail). By Jacopo
della Quercia 31
VII. MADONNA AND CHILD (Detail of lunette). By Luca
della Robbia 37
VIII. THE MEETING OF ST. FRANCIS AND ST. DOMINICK. By
Andrea della Robbia 43
IX. ST. GEORGE. By Donatello 49
X. BAMBINO. By Andrea della Robbia 55
XI. THE ANNUNCIATION. By Andrea della Robbia 61
XII. THE ASCENSION. By Luca della Robbia 67
XIII. TOMB OF THE CARDINAL OF PORTUGAL. By Antonio
Rossellino 73
XIV. EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF GATTAMELATA. By Donatello 79
XV. SHRINE. By Mino da Fiesole 86
XVI. IL MARZOCCO (THE HERALDIC LION OF FLORENCE)
By Donatello (See Frontispiece) 91

PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES AND FOREIGN WORDS 95

NOTE: With one exception the pictures were made from photographs by Alinari; the "Musical Angels" was made from a photograph by Naya.