CHAPTER XV.

THE SACRED PAINTERS AND COMPOSERS.

Pictures in Churches, 472; Monk Painter, 472; Pictures in Monasteries, 473; Sacro Monte, 473; Images in Spain, 474; Cimabue, 475; Bishop's Ape Takes to Painting, 475; Painter's Critics, 477; Nuns Criticising Artist, 477; Brother Artists Rivals, 478; Painter Affronting Angel, 479; Angelico, 479; Bronzes for the Gates of Paradise, 480; Old Painters' Perspective, 481; Monks Overfeeding Artist, 481; A Clumsy Crucifix, 482; Killed by a Sight of Gold, 482; Artist Deceiving Birds and Beasts, 483; Finding a Model, 483; A Divine Artist, 484; Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, 485; Raphael's Pictures, 487; A Last Masterpiece, 489; The Inquisition on Sacred Art, 490; Painting Face of Christ, 491; Assisting Artist with Prayers, 492; Michael Angelo, 492; Vargas's Devotion to Sacred Art, 496; Titian's Head of Christ, 496; Diffident Artist, 496; Rubens's Great Pictures, 497; Monks Getting a Bargain of Picture, 498; Velasquez's Crucifixion, 498; How Monks Got Pictures, 499; The Divine Murillo, 499; Cano's Picture of the Virgin, 500; A Painter Incautiously Watching Effects, 501; Origin of Church Bells, 501; Sanctity of Bells, 502; Chimes on Church Bells, 502; The Swiss Horns, 402; Early Church Music, 503; Singing in Church, 503; Origin of Singing in Church Service, 504; The Organ in Church Music, 504; Augustine Converting the Britons with Music, 506; The Earliest Hymns, 506; Monk Musicians, 506; Nicholas Peregrinus, 507; Heresy Propagated by Music, 507; The Pope Reforming Church Music, 508; Singing the Miserere, 508; Luther's Church Music, 509; Originator of Oratorios, 509; The Heaven-born Composer of Anthems, 510; First Impressions of Handel, 511.

FLOWERS OF CHRISTIAN HISTORY.