DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.68668#0013
PREFACE
I do not propose, within the limits of
a small portable volume, to make an
exhaustive examination of the Sixtine
Chapel; but short of that, much may
be done to help the passing visitor to
understand and appreciate this treasure-
house of art.
My aim here has been to indicate the
place in the history of Italian Art occupied
by this great work and its executors, to
explain briefly the religious scenes depicted,
and the great religious scheme which the
series of pictures embodies, to recount the
historical scenes commemorated and the
portraits identified, and to concentrate ideas
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I do not propose, within the limits of
a small portable volume, to make an
exhaustive examination of the Sixtine
Chapel; but short of that, much may
be done to help the passing visitor to
understand and appreciate this treasure-
house of art.
My aim here has been to indicate the
place in the history of Italian Art occupied
by this great work and its executors, to
explain briefly the religious scenes depicted,
and the great religious scheme which the
series of pictures embodies, to recount the
historical scenes commemorated and the
portraits identified, and to concentrate ideas
vii