The midsummer of Italian art . :;1. RICHARD G. BADGER THE GORHAM PRESSBOSTON Copyright, igri by Richard G. BadgerCopyright, 1895 and 1899 by G. P. Putnams Sons All Rights Reserved 1 b 19e/ 11/ ,^ The Gorham Press, Boston IN MEMORIAM Laetitia Trklawney Were not the eye itself a sun, No sun for it would ever nothing godlike could the heart be won, Were not the heart of man divine. Goethe. PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION In the first edition of Midsummer I stated that myobject was to provide a comprehensive account of thegreatest Italian painters, which might serve both as abook of reference


The midsummer of Italian art . :;1. RICHARD G. BADGER THE GORHAM PRESSBOSTON Copyright, igri by Richard G. BadgerCopyright, 1895 and 1899 by G. P. Putnams Sons All Rights Reserved 1 b 19e/ 11/ ,^ The Gorham Press, Boston IN MEMORIAM Laetitia Trklawney Were not the eye itself a sun, No sun for it would ever nothing godlike could the heart be won, Were not the heart of man divine. Goethe. PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION In the first edition of Midsummer I stated that myobject was to provide a comprehensive account of thegreatest Italian painters, which might serve both as abook of reference for American travellers in Europe,and to revive the recollections of what they had seenafter their return. In revising my book I have consid-ered the request of my friends and critics for a morethorough and complete analysis of the works of Raphaeland Michel Angelo, as the two artists in whom the pub-lic takes the liveliest interest. I have also amended theaccount of Leonardo da Vinci so as to introduce a state-ment of every pictur


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