that his works wei'o hia children which he hoped would live 

 after him and p-erpetuate his npane. 



He had many rivals — Eaphael, the painter of beauti- 

 ful Madonnaig^, was a court favorite and received many im- 

 portant commissions. With Leonardo da. Vinci he was also 

 in bitter rivaJry. 



Amongst the buildings of Florence the baptistry was 

 octagonal in sha,pe, and built of beautiful variegated marble. 

 It had the celebrated bronze gates executed by Khiberti, 

 \'^'hich Michael Angelo deelared worthy to be the gates of 

 Paradise. Its roof was octagonal also, and led to the use 

 of the dome. The next step in this direction was the bap- 

 tisti-y at Pisa., another art. centre. It was circular and had 

 a dome sunxiounted by a lantern. This was the model for 

 St. Peter's dome. In connection with the cathedral at, 

 Florence is the square tower built by Giotto in the 12th 

 century. It haf* always been a model for beautiful space 

 divisions. Gothic architecture did not take firm hold of 

 the people of Italy. They followed railier the Eomaneeque 

 and Mocrtsh etylcs, with some elements of Greek. 



The convent of St. Mark's sbov.'s tho aiTangement of 

 the better class house — a court with a garden and fountain 

 in the ©entre, surronnded by cloistem which opened on it. 

 In these Fra Angelico, or Brother John, as he was called, 

 lived and did much work. ' His favorite subject was the 

 "Annunciation," and to thiE^ ho gave an architectural setting 

 such as he saw about him. His angel's v-iugs eeem to have 

 been suggested by ancient mc«iac-s in their rendering, and 

 were painted red, blue, purple or gold to remove them from 

 the ordinaray and transport them to the ethereal. His 

 madonnas are full of Bweetness and gentlences, and fre- 

 quently arc framed hj a setting of angels playing inusical 

 instruments. 



On the walls of the Sis tine chapel Botticelli painted a 

 nrmiber of pictures in the life of Mose-s and in the life of 

 Christ. Each pajuel contained several scenes, and was over- 

 loaded with figures, the anatomy of which was poor. 



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