A history of painting . that Botticelli became in the enda pious one, but in many houses he painted roundelswith his own hand, and of naked women plenty. It wasagainst the decay of the public spirit by paganism, and theloss of republicanism in Florence, that Savonarola fought 119 THE GOLD-SMITH-PAINTERSOFFLORENCE PAINTING the tyrants in his own church, defied the very Pope, scornedthe princes of Florence, attacked works of art, and died atthe stake for it. The prophet of S. Marco may haveseen with narrow eyes when he misjudged the realsignificance of Art and of the Renaissance; but he madeno m
A history of painting . that Botticelli became in the enda pious one, but in many houses he painted roundelswith his own hand, and of naked women plenty. It wasagainst the decay of the public spirit by paganism, and theloss of republicanism in Florence, that Savonarola fought 119 THE GOLD-SMITH-PAINTERSOFFLORENCE PAINTING the tyrants in his own church, defied the very Pope, scornedthe princes of Florence, attacked works of art, and died atthe stake for it. The prophet of S. Marco may haveseen with narrow eyes when he misjudged the realsignificance of Art and of the Renaissance; but he madeno mistake when he attacked the debasing influences ofthe Renaissance, even whilst he missed its mighty impulses—for the Medici approved the debasing influences, andcame to tyranny thereby. 120 XV PIERO DI COSIMO1462 - 1521 FLORENTINE SCHOOL THE DEATH OF PROCRIS (National Gallery) Cephalus kneels at the head of Procris, whom he has accidentally shot. Painted in tempera on poplar. 2 ft. ;^ in. h x 6 ft. w. (0-6+7 x 1-828).. CHAPTER XV OF THE DEEPS OF POETRY THAT MAY BE WITHINTHE ROUGH OUTER MAN Working at the same time in Florence as Verrocchio was OF THE a painter, Cosimo Rosselli, now chiefly known to fame DEEPS OF as the master of the artists, Piero di Cosimo and Fra POETRY THAT 1VIAYBartolommeo. But Cosimo Rosselli was an artist of fine xrin-1 gifts, who was employed under Botticelli on work for the tt-ttt Sistine Chapel, in which he painted several frescoes. Cosimo o^TTptr Rosselli (1439-1507) came of artist forefathers. OUTER PIERO DI COSIMO 1462 — 1521 Of about the same age as Filippino Lippi, Lorenzo diCredi, and Leonardo da Vinci, was Piero di Cosimo, whosepicturesque and tuneful name was a tribute to his master,Cosimo Rosselli. Piero di Cosimo was the son of Lorenzo,an auger-maker of Florence ; at twenty (1482) he went withhis master, Cosimo Rosselli, to aid him in his work on thefrescoes of the Sistine Chapel. But though the direct pupilof Cosimo Rosselli, he be
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