The Pavement Masters of Siena

About this eBook

Author

Cust, Robert H. Hobart (Robert Henry Hobart), 1861-1940

Title

The Pavement Masters of Siena (1369-1562)

Credits

Produced by deaurider, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive

Language

English

LoC Class

NA: Fine Arts: Architecture

Subject

Pavements, Mosaic

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 59168

Release Date

March 31, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE PAVEMENT MASTERS OF SIENA — Handbooks of the Great Craftsmen.
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.AUTHORITIES CONSULTED
6. 6.THE SCHEME OF THE PAVEMENT
7. 7.CHAPTER I HISTORY OF THE PAVEMENT
8. 8.CHAPTER II THE PAVEMENT — 1. THE PLATFORM BEFORE THE WESTERN FAÇADE. — 2. THE SPACES IN THE THREE DOORWAYS OF THE WESTERN FAÇADE. — 3. THE NAVE. — 4. THE SOUTH AISLE. — The Delphic Sibyl. — The Cumaean Sibyl. — The Cuman Sibyl. — The Erythraean Sibyl. — The Persian Sibyl. — 5. The North Aisle. — The Albunean Sibyl. — The Samian Sibyl. — The Phrygian Sibyl. — The Hellespontine Sibyl. — The Libyan Sibyl. — 6. THE NORTH TRANSEPT. — The Expulsion of Herod (No. 27). — The Massacre of the Innocents (No. 26). — The Relief of Bethulia by Judith. (Judith, cap. xiii., xiv., and xv.) (No. 25.) — 7. THE CHOIR AMBULATORY. — The Story of Joshua’s Victory over the Amorites (No. 22), and the Slaughter of the Five Kings . — Fortitude (No. 21). — Samson slaying the Philistines with the jawbone of an ass (No. 14). — 8. THE SOUTH TRANSEPT. — Emperor Sigismund (No. 13), — Absalom hanging by his hair (No 12). — The Story of Jephthah’s Victory, and the Sacrifice of his Daughter (No. 11). — Seven Ages in the Life of Man. Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence, Youth, Manhood, Age, and Decrepitude (No. 6). — 9. THE CHOIR AND ALTAR-STEPS. — Abraham’s Sacrifice (No. 56). — The Children of Israel seeking the Promised Land . — David as King and Psalmist, and David and Goliath. — Moses’ Ascent of Mount Sinai, his Receipt of the Tables of the Law, and the Idolatry of the Children of Israel (No. 52). (Ill. XXV.) — Moses striking the Rock to bring water for the thirsting Israelites (No. 51). — 10. UNDER THE CUPOLA.
9. 9.CHAPTER III THE PAVEMENT MASTERS — 1. 1369. Antonio di Brunaccio. — 2. 1370. Sano di Marco. — 3. 1370. Francesco di Ser Antonio. — 4. 1376. Matteo di Bartolo. — 5. 1380. Nanni di Corsino. — 6. 1398. Sano, or Ansano di Maestro Matteo. — 7. 1398. Luca di Cecco. — 8. 1405. Cecco di Giovanni. — 9. 1406. Marchesse d’ Adamo. — 10. 1423–33. Domenico di Niccolo del Coro. — 11. 1423. Agostino di Niccolo. — 12. 1423. Bastiano di Corso. — 13. 1426. Paolo di Martino. — 14. 1434. Domenico di Bartolo di Ghezzo da Asciano. — 15. 1434. Giacomo d’Antonio. — 16. 1447. Pietro di Tommaso del Minella. — 17. 1450. Nastagio di Guasparre. — 18. 1450. Bartolomeo di Mariano , called “ Il Mandriano .” — 19. 1451. Guasparre d’Agostino. — 20. 1451. Corso di Bastiano. — 21. 1459. Antonio di Federigo or Federighi ( Federigi ). — 22. 1473. Urbano di Pietro di Domenico da Cortona. — 23. 1473. Matteo di Giovanni di Bartolo. — 24. 1473. Giovanni di Maestro Stefano di Giovanni. — 25. 1473. Bartolommeo de’ Domenico Calabrone. — 26. 1473. Francesco di Bartolommeo. — 27. 1482. Giuliano di Biagio. — 28. 1482. Vito di Marco. — 29. 1482. Luigi di Ruggiero, surnamed L’Armellino. — 30. 1483. Bastiano di Francesco di Sano. — 31. 1483. Benvenuto di Giovanni del Guasta. — 32. 1483. Neroccio di Bartolommeo di Benedetto Landi. — 33. 1483. Guidoccio di Giovanni Cozzarelli. — 34. 1484. Bernardino d’Antonio. — 35. 1484. Cristofano di Pietro Paolo del Quarantotto. — 36. 1505–6. Bernardino di Benedetto or Betto ( Il Pinturicchio ). — 37. 1505–6. Paolo Mannucci. — 38. 1518. Domenico di Jacopo di Pace Beccafumi, called Mecarino ( or Mecherino ). — 39. 1518. Bernardino di Jacomo. — 40. 1518. Giovannantonio Marinelli, called il Mugnaino. — 41. 1518. Giacomo di Pietro Gallo. — 42. 1518. Bartolommeo di Pietro Gallo. — 43. 1518. Niccolo Filippi. — 44. 1518. Cristofano di Carbone. — 45. 1544. Pellegrino di Pietro. — 46. 1562. Giovanni Battista di Girolamo Sozzini. — 47. 1562. Niccolo di Girolamo Gori , — 48. 1562. Domenico di Pier Giovanni. — 49. 1780. Carlo Amidei , a craftsman of a very mediocre type. — 50. 1780. Matteo Pini , who was probably only a mason. — 51. 1875. Professor Alessandro Franchi. — 52. 1875. Professor Leopoldo Maccari. — 53. 1875. Antonio Radicchi. — 54. 1875. Giuseppe Radicchi.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV OTHER PAVEMENT WORK — 1. The Cathedral Pavement at Lucca. — 2. The Pavement of the Cappella Piccolominea in S. Francesco. — 3. The Pavement of the Chapel of Sta. Caterina in S. Domenico.
11. 11.CHAPTER V MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP OF THE PAVEMENT
12. 12.FOOTNOTES
13. 13.INDEX
14. 14.Transcriber’s Notes

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.