CHAPTER XIV.

SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

Andrea del Verocchio—Sepulchre of Piero and Giovanni de’ Medici, and other Works—Antonio del Pollaiulo—Benedetto da Majano—Monuments of Giotto and Squarcialupi—Chancel of Sta. Croce, &c.—Mino da Fiesole—Monuments of Bernardo Giugni and Marquis Hugo—Ornamentation—Sepulchres of the Sassetti—Woodwork—The Art of the Goldsmith and Die-cutting—The Dossale in the Baptistery—Antonio del Pollaiuolo—Bertoldo—Andrea Guazzalotti—Gem-cutting—The Medici Collection of Gems—Giovanni delle Corniuole—Painters—Verrochio—Pollainoli—Alesso Baldovinetti—The Dante Picture in the Cathedral—Historical Compositions—Sandro Botticelli—Filippino Lippi—Cosimo Rosselli—Ghirlandajo—Mosaics—Baldinovetti and Ghirlandajo—Garden and Casino of San Marco—Michel Angelo Buonarroti—Leonardo da Vinci 163

FIFTH BOOK.

_DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUPREMACY OF THE MEDICI._