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Vasari on technique

Chapter 3: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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The text functions as a practical manual for architecture, sculpture, and painting, systematically describing materials, tools, and working methods. It surveys stone and marble varieties and their treatment, masonry and carving techniques, orders and ornament, modelling and casting, surface preparation, pigments, varnishes, gilding, and approaches to fresco and panel painting. Interspersed with technical notes and measurements, it offers procedural guidance for crafting, finishing, and decorating works, and explains how material properties affect construction, carving, and pictorial techniques.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INSERTED PLATES
   
Specimens of Stones mentioned by Vasari. (Reproduction in colour of a drawing by the Editor.) Frontispiece.
   
Portrait of Vasari, from the Edition of 1568. Probably by a German artist called in Italy ‘Cristoforo Coriolano.’ Tail-piece to List of Illustrations.
   
Plate I. Leo X with his Cardinals. Mural Painting by Vasari in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. (From a photograph by Alinari.) To face p. 17
   
Plate II. Principal Doorway at S. Maria Novella, Florence, showing the position of the inscribed porphyry tablet on the riser of the step. (From a photograph by Alinari.) To face p. 32
   
Plate III. Portrait in Porphyry of Cosimo ‘Pater Patriae,’ by Francesco del Tadda, in the Magazines of the National Museum, Florence. (From a photograph by the Editor.) Unpublished. To face p. 34
   
Plate IV. Interior of Grotto in Boboli Gardens, Florence, showing an unfinished statue ascribed to Michelangelo. (From a photograph by the Editor.) To face p. 90
   
Plate V. Portrait in Porphyry of Leo X, by Francesco del Tadda, in the Magazines of the National Museum, Florence. (From a photograph by the Editor.) Unpublished. To face p. 114
   
Plate VI. Salamander Carved in Travertine, on the Façade of S. Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. The work of a French artist ‘Maestro Gian.’ (From a photograph by the Editor.) Unpublished. To face p. 132
   
Plate VII. Illustration showing Process of Piece-Moulding in Plaster. (From the French Encyclopédie.) To face p. 160
   
Plate VIII. Engravings illustrating the Process of Casting in Bronze. (From the French Encyclopédie.) To face p. 164
   
Plate IX. Statue of S. Rocco carved in Limewood, by a French artist ‘Maestro Janni,’ in the Church of the Annunziata, Florence. (From a drawing by Robert J. Rose.) Unpublished. To face p. 176
   
Plate X. A. Interior of a Sculptor’s Studio in the eighteenth century, with illustrations of the methods of measurement then in vogue. (From the French Encyclopédie.)
B. Diagram to illustrate Leon Battista Alberti’s method of measurement.
To face p. 192
   
Plate XI. Specimen of so-called ‘Sgraffito’ Decoration, on the exterior of the Palazzo Montalvo, Florence. (From a photograph by Alinari.) To face p. 244
   
Plate XII. Portion of the Decoration of the Loggie of the Vatican, by Raphael and his assistants. (Reproduced in colour from a hand-painted example of the engravings of about 1770–80 by Ottaviani and Volpato, in the National Art Library.) To face p. 248
   
Plate XIII. Specimen of Niello Work. A ‘Pax,’ formerly in the Baptistry, and now in the National Museum, Florence. (From a photograph by Alinari.) To face p. 274
   
Plate XIV. Chiaroscuro Wood-Engraving by Ugo da Carpi, in the Print-Room, British Museum. Subject: ‘Jacob’s Dream,’ after Raphael. To face p. 282
   
Plate XV. Head of Mary, from Luini’s Fresco of the ‘Marriage of the Virgin’ at Saronno. (From a photograph by Giacomo Brogi.) To illustrate the fresco technique. To face p. 290
   
Plate XVI. Example of Tarsia Work. S. Zenobi, by Giuliano da Majano, in Opera del Duomo, Florence. (From a photograph by Alinari.) To face p. 306
   
Plate XVII. Painted Glass Window in the Laurentian Library, Florence. (From a photograph by Alinari.) To face p. 310
   
   
FIGURES IN THE TEXT
   
Fig. 1. Inscribed Porphyry Tablet at S. Maria Novella, Florence. (Drawn from a photograph by the Editor.) p. 31
   
Fig. 2. Tools mentioned by Vasari, etc. (From drawings by the Translator and Editor.) p. 48
   
Fig. 3. Fortezza da Basso at Florence. (Drawn from a photograph by the Editor.) p. 67
   
Fig. 4. Rusticated masonry on the exterior of the Fortezza da Basso at Florence. (Measured drawing by the Editor.) p. 69
   
Fig. 5. Construction of the Portico of the Uffizi at Florence, from Vasari’s description. (Drawn by the Editor.) p. 71
   
Fig. 6. Drawing of the remains of the Basilica Aemilia in the Forum at Rome, that survived to the time of Vasari. (After Giuliano da San Gallo, in Monumenti del Istituto, XII, T. 11, 12.) p. 77
   
Fig. 7. Roman Doric Cap, with Stucco Finish, at S. Nicola in Carcere, Rome. (From Mitteilungen d. k. deutschen archeologischen Instituts, XXI.) p. 78
   
Fig. 8. Portion of a Plan of Rome, before recent alterations, from Nolli, Nuova Pianta di Roma, 1748. p. 105
   
Fig. 9. Sketch of shape of the large porphyry Tazza in the Sala Rotonda of the Vatican. p. 109
   
Fig. 10. Sketch map of the marble-producing districts of the Apuan Alps. p. 121
   
Fig. 11. Two views of unfinished Greek marble statue blocked out on the ancient system. In quarries on Mount Pentelicus, Athens. (From a photograph kindly furnished by M. Georges Nicole.) p. 193

PORTRAIT OF VASARI, FROM THE EDITION OF 1568,
probably by a German artist, called in Italy ‘Cristoforo Coriolano’.