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PAINTING OFTHE HIGH RENAISSANCE IN ROME AND FLORENCE s. J. FREEDBERG leon Editions Harper & Row, Publishers New York, Evanston, San Franeiseo, London CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION: THE GENESIS OF HIGH RENAISSANCE CLASSICAL STYLE 1 Leonardo, 3 . Michelangelo, 27 . Fra Bartolommeo, 32 I I. FORMATION OF THE CLASSICAL VOCABULARY (e. 1500-c. 1508) 35 Leonardo and Michelangelo, 38 . Fra Bartolommeo and Albertinelli, 54 . Rapha- eI, 60 . The Sccondary Masters, 71 . Piero di Cosimo, 72 . Granacci, 75 Bugiardini, 76 . Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, 77 . Franciabigio, 79 . Rome, 82 II I. THE MATURITY OF THE CLASSICAL STYLE IN ROME (e. 1508-c. 1514) 87 Michelangelo: The Sistine Ceiling, 92 . Raphael, The Segnatura Phase, II 2 • Works Contemporary with the Stanza della Segnatura, 131 . The Archaeologi- cal School, 134 • Peruzzi, Tbe Earlier Decoration of the Farnesina, 135 • Sod- oma, 140 . Sebastiano deI Piombo, 141 . Peruzzi, c. 151 I-I 514, 146 . Raphael, The Eliodoro Phase, 151 . Other Frescoes of the Eliodoro Phase, 168 . The Easel Paintings of 1513-1514, 170 . Visitors, 185 . Leonardo, 185 .Others, 185 I V. THE MATURATION OF CLASSICAL STYLE IN FLORENCE (e. 1508-c. 1514) 189 Fra Bartolommeo (I), 193 . Albertinelli, 198 . Fra Bartolommeo (2), 201 The Secondary Masters, 206 . Bugiardini, 207 • Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, 209 . Granacci, 2 II • Piero di Cosimo, 2 12 . Andrea deI Sarto (I), 2 I 4 . Fran ciabigio (I), 222 . Andrea deI Sarto (2), 223 • Franciabigio (2), 235 . The Youngest Generation, 240 . Puligo, 241 . Pontormo, 243 • Rosso, 248 • Ber ruguete, 252 . The Master of the Manchester Madonna, 255 V. CLIMAX, CRISIS, AND DISSOLUTION OF THE CLASSICAL STYLE IN ROME (e. 1514-C. 1520) 259 Raphael, 264 . The Tapestries of the Sistine Chapel, 273 . The Stanza delI'In cendio, 293 . Thc Later Decorations, 312 . The Portraits, 332 . The Late Altars and Devotional Ease1 Pictures, 347 . Sebastiano deI Piombo, 370 . Pe- ruzzi, 397 . The School in the Logge, 412 . Perino del Vaga, 416 • Polidoro da Caravaggio, 421 VI. CLIMAX AND CRISIS IN FLORENCE AND THE GENERA- TION OF FLORENTINE MANNERISM (e. 1514-1520) 423 Fra Bartolommeo, 428 . Fra Paolino, 44I. Andrea deI Sarto, 442 . Fran ciabigio, 475 . Tbe Secondary Masters, 484 • Bugiardini, 484 . Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, 487 • Granacci, 490 . Sogliani, 495 . Puligo, 497 . Bacchiacca, 500 . Pontormo, 503 • Berruguete, 536 . Rosso, 539 ~ ix * VII. EPILOGUE: THE ASCENDANCY OF MANNERISM (Some Events of 1521) 55 1 INDEX RAISONN);: 579 REGISTER OF PLACES 6II CORRIGENDA INDEX 633.

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