A Wanderer in Florence

E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

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Title: A Wanderer in Florence
Author: E. V. Lucas
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Language: English
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By E.V. Lucas
Preface
A sentence from a "Synthetical Guidebook" which
is circulated in the Florentine hotels will express
what I want to say, at the threshold of this volume,
much better than could unaided words of mine. It
runs thus: "The natural kindness, the high spirit, of
the Florentine people, the wonderful masterpieces
of art created by her great men, who in every age
have stood in the front of art and science, rivalize
with the gentle smile of her splendid sky to render
Florence one of the finest towns of beautiful Italy".
These words, written, I feel sure, by a Florentine,
and therefore "inspirated" (as he says elsewhere)
by a patriotic feeling, are true; and it is my hope
that the pages that follow will at once fortify their
truth and lead others to test it.
Like the synthetical author, I too have not thought
it necessary to provide "too many informations
concerning art and history," but there will be found
a few, practically unavoidable, in the gathering
together of which I have been indebted to many
authors: notably Vasari, Symonds, Crowe and
Cavalcaselle, Ruskin, Pater, and Baedeker. Among
more recent books I would mention Herr Bode's
"Florentine Sculptors of the Renaissance," Mr.F.M. Hyett's "Florence," Mr. E.L.S. Horsburgh's
"Lorenzo the Magnificent" and "Savonarola," Mr.
Gerald S. Davies' "Michelangelo," Mr. W.G.
Waters' "Italian Sculptors," and Col. Young's "The
Medici".
I have to thank very heartily a good English
Florentine for the construction of the historical
chart at the end of the volume.
E.V.L.
May, 1912
Contents
Preface
Chapter I The Duomo I: Its Construction
Chapter II The Duomo II: Its Associations
Chapter III The Duomo III: A Ceremony and a
Museum
Chapter IV The Campanile and the Baptistery
Chapter V The Riccardi Palace and the Medici
Chapter VI S. Lorenzo and Michelangelo
Chapter VII Or San Michele and the Palazzo
Vecchio
Chapter VIII The Uffizi I: The Building and the
Collectors
Chapter IX The Uffizi II: The First Six Rooms
Chapter X The Uffizi III: Botticelli
Chapter XI The Uffizi IV: Remaining Rooms
Chapter XII "Aèrial Fiesole"Chapter XIII The Badia and Dante
Chapter XIV The Bargello
Chapter XV S. Croce
Chapter XVI The Accademia
Chapter XVII Two Monasteries and a Procession
Chapter XVIII S. Marco
Chapter XIX The SS. Annunziata and the Spedale
Degli
Innocenti
Chapter XX The Cascine and the Arno
Chapter XXI S. Maria Novella
Chapter XXII The Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele to S.
Trinità
Chapter XXIII The Pitti
Chapter XXIV English Poets in Florence
Chapter XXV The Carmine and San Miniato
Historical Chart of Florence and Europe,
1296-1564
List of Illustrations
In Colour
The Duomo and Campanile, From the Via Pecori
The Cloisters of San Lorenzo, Showing the
Windows of the Biblioteca
Laurenziana
The Via Calzaioli, from the Baptistery, Showing the
Bigallo and theTop of Or San Michele
The Palazzo Vecchio
The Loggia of the Palazzo Vecchio and the Via de'
Leoni
The Loggia de' Lanzi, the Duomo, and the Palazzo
Vecchio, from the
Portico of the Uffizi
Fiesole, from the Hill under the Monastery
The Badia and the Bargello, from the Piazza S.
Firenze
Interior of S. Croce
The Ponte S. Trinità
The Ponte Vecchio and Back of the Via de' Bardi
S. Maria Novella and the Corner of the Loggia di S.
Paolo
The Via de' Vagellai, from the Piazza S. Jacopo
Trafossi
The Piazza Della Signoria on a Wet Friday
Afternoon
View of Florence at Evening, from the Piazzale
Michelangelo
Evening at the Piazzale Michelangelo, Looking
WestIn Monotone
A Cantoria.
By Donatello, in the Museum of the Cathedral
Cain and Abel and Abraham and Isaac.
By Ghiberti, from his second Baptistery Doors
The Procession of the Magi.
By Benozzo Gozzoli, in the Palazzo Riccardi
Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino.
By Michelangelo, in the New Sacristy of S. Lorenzo
Christ and S. Thomas.
By Verrocchio, in a niche by Donatello and
Michelozzo in the wall of
Or San Michele
Putto with Dolphin.
By Verrocchio, in the Palazzo Vecchio
Madonna Adoring.
Ascribed to Filippino Lippi, in the Uffizi
The Adoration of the Magi.
By Leonardo da Vinci, in the Uffizi
Madonna and Child.
By Luca Signorelli, in the Uffizi
The Birth of Venus.By Botticelli, in the Uffizi
The Annunciation.
By Botticelli, in the Uffizi
San Giacomo.
By Andrea del Sarto, in the Uffizi
The Madonna del Cardellino.
By Raphael, in the Uffizi
The Madonna del Pozzo.
By Franciabigio, in the Uffizi
Monument to Count Ugo.
By Mino da Fiesole, in the Badia
David.
By Donatello, in the Bargello
By Verrocchio, in the Bargello
St. George.
By Donatello, in the Bargello
Madonna and Child.
By Verrocchio, in the Bargello
Madonna and Child.
By Luca della Robbia, in the Bargello
Bust of a Boy.
By Luca or Andrea della Robbia, in the Bargello
*Monument to Carlo Marzuppini.
By Desiderio da Settignano, in S. CroceDavid.
By Michelangelo, in the Accademia
The Flight into Egypt.
By Fra Angelico, in the Accademia
The Adoration of the Shepherds.
By Ghirlandaio, in the Accademia
The Vision of S. Bernard.
By Fra Bartolommeo, in the Accademia
Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Saints.
By Botticelli, in the Accademia
Primavera.
By Botticelli, in the Accademia
The Coronation of the Virgin.
By Fra Angelico, in the Convent of S. Marco
The Annunciation.
By Luca della Robbia, in the Spedale degli
Innocenti
The Birth of the Virgin.
By Ghirlandaio, in S. Maria Novella
The Madonna del Granduca.
By Raphael, in the Pitti
The Madonna della Sedia.
By Raphael, in the Pitti
The Concert.By Giorgione, in the Pitti
Madonna Adoring.
By Botticini, in the Pitti
The Madonna and Children.
By Perugino, in the Pitti
*A Gipsy.
By Boccaccio Boccaccini, in the Pitti
All the illustrations are from photographs by G.
Brogi, except those marked , which are by Fratelli
Alinari, and that marked *, which is by R.
Anderson.