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The Story of Milan

Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS
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The work traces the city’s long history from early medieval foundations through communal freedom, factional conflict, and the rule of prominent dynasties to more modern urban renewal. It combines political narrative with focused studies of art and architecture, surveying churches, the great cathedral, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance monuments, and major galleries and museums. Chapters treat civic institutions, notable families and episodes of hardship, while descriptive passages and illustrations emphasize changing streetscapes and monumental interiors. Overall it offers an accessible historical overview that doubles as a cultural and architectural guide to the city’s surviving treasures.

ILLUSTRATIONS

  PAGE
 
St. Roch, Fresco by Borgognone (Brera) Frontispiece
 
The Duomo from Hotel Europe   3
 
Atrium of St. Ambrogio   57
 
Chiaravalle   70
 
Via del Pesce   73
 
Tower of S. Gottardo from the Cathedral   93
 
The Snake of the Visconti   115
 
Galeazzo Maria Sforza, by Piero Pollaiuolo (Uffizi, Florence) to face page 138
 
Bridge over Naviglio near San Marco   141
 
Canal, Via San Marco   155
 
Canonica of St. Ambrogio   157
 
Lodovico il Moro, by Boltraffio (Trivulzio Collection) to face page 176
 
Scopetta of Lodovico il Moro   188
 
Cupola of the Duomo, from the Roof   232
 
Within the Duomo   237
 
Putti, Guglia di Amadeo   249
 
Giant Statues on the Duomo   251
 
Side Aisle of Atrium, St. Ambrogio   262
 
Capital in Atrium of St. Ambrogio   263
 
Capital in Atrium of St. Ambrogio   264
 
Ciborium, St. Ambrogio   267
 
Sculpture on Pulpit in St. Ambrogio   273
 
Chimney, Canonica of St. Ambrogio   277
 
The Old Porta Ticinese   281
 
Houses on the Naviglio   284
 
Exterior of Portinari Chapel, St. Eustorgio   286
 
Interior of St. Eustorgio   288
 
Statue of Oldrado da Tresseno   298
 
Palazzo dei Banchieri   300
 
Doorway of Palazzo Borromeo   303
 
Cortile of Palazzo Borromeo   305
 
Last Supper, by Leonardo. Detail, Figure of Christ to face page 314
 
Last Supper, by Leonardo. Detail, St. John, St. Peter and Judas to face page 316
 
San Satiro   321
 
Palazzo Visconti di Modrone—Garden on the Naviglio   331
 
Putto, Fresco by Bramantino (Brera) to face page 336
 
Madonna, by Mantegna (Poldi-Pezzoli) to face page 356
 
Portrait of an Unknown, by Ambrogio de Predis, (?) (Ambrosiana) to face page 363
 
The Rocchetta, Castello   375