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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 02 (of 10) / Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi

Chapter 75: FOOTNOTES
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The volume compiles sequential biographies of important early and Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects, recounting their training, major commissions, artistic methods, and workshop organization. Entries blend anecdote and critical description to illuminate signature works, technical innovations in painting and sculpture, interactions with patrons and civic authorities, and instances of collaboration or rivalry. Emphasis falls on how individual practices contributed to stylistic developments and public monuments, while evaluations of reputation and lineage connect generations of artists and clarify the professional and institutional contexts that shaped their careers.

FOOTNOTES

[1] I.e., Emperor.

[2] See note on p. 57, Vol. I.

[3] See note on p. 57, Vol. I.

[4] The Tribunal of commerce.

[5] Church of the Hermits.

[6] See note on p. 57, Vol. I.

[7] Treasury of public funds.

[8] The Ape of Nature.

[9] I.e., Donatello.

[10] Mazzocchi are probably coronets placed on the arms of noble families; also caps of a peculiar shape, such as those worn by Taddeo Gaddi and others in the portraits placed by Vasari at the beginning of each Life; and possibly, also, the wooden hoops placed inside these caps to keep them in shape.

[11] A street-shrine, generally containing a picture of the Virgin in Glory.

[12] See note on p. 57, Vol. I.

[13] Careless Tom, or Hulking Tom (not necessarily in disapproval).

[14] See note on p. 57, Vol. I.

[15] See note on p. 57, Vol. I.

[16] See note above.

[17] I.e., Jacopo della Quercia.

[18] This was probably something like the modern lewis.

[19] To make this passage intelligible, the word "or" has been added in the later editions.

[20] See note on p. 57, Vol. I.

[21] I.e., Bald-head.

[22] Vasari says Fra Ber.... Fra Bernardo has been suggested, but nothing is known of him. It is more reasonable to read Fra Bartolommeo (della Porta).

[23] Chain.

END OF VOL. II.

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