Peter's, 34;
suggests the painting of the vault, 41;
and Raphael to finish it, 47;
his shortcomings, 48;
scaffold, 82;
has the Pope's ear in Rome, 130;
vault painting, 131, 164;
"a brave architect," 238, 240-242, 295
Brancacci Chapel: _see_ Masaccio
Brazen Serpent: Sistine Chapel, 46; 178
British Museum:
drawings, advice to Mini, 192;
for the tombs, 193
Bronze-coloured figures: Sistine Chapel, 169
Brothers of the master: _see_ Buonarroto, Giovan Simone, Sigismondo
Bruciolo: invites the master to Venice, 78
Bruges, 29, 121
Brunelleschi:
the lantern of, 192;
his dome, 208
Brutus:
bust of, Bargello, 249;
nickname of Lorenzino, 250
Buggiardini:
Giuliano assistant, 150, 155;
paints the master's portrait, and a Madonna and Child from a cartoon of
the master's, 157, 158, 252, 264
Buonarroti: _see_ Michael Angelo
Buonarroti:
Casa, bas-reliefs in, 102; 104;
presented to Florence, 105;
wax models of the David, 118
Buonarroti: Senator Filippo, 203
Buonarroto:
brother of the master, 4;
established in business, 109, 151, 152;
letters to, 133, 134, 136, 141, 161, 181;
his health, 165;
dies of the plague in the master's arms, 201
Buoninsegna: Domenico, 183
Cain, 44
Calcagni: _see_ Tiberio
Camerino: Duke of, writes to the master, 217
Campidoglio:
plans of the master, 248;
his portrait there, 253, 270, 305
Campo Santo: Pisa, 219, 220
Canossa, 3-5
Capata: Joao, 306, 307, 310, 316, 318, 321
Capitol: _see_ Campidoglio
Capponi: Niccolo, 201
Caprese: the master born at, 5
Cardiere: improvisatore, his dream, 16, 17
Carlino: chamberlain, 147
Carlo degli Albizzi, 147
Caro: Annibal, 76, 85
Carota: woodcarver, 197
Carpi: Cardinal, 246
Carrara, 30, 52, 53, 183, 185, 190, 192
Cartoon of Pisa, 37, 124, 125;
Vasari's account, 126;
Cellini's, 127
Cassandra Ridolfi: marries Leonardo, 254
Caterina: Santa, 31
Catherine de' Medici: letter from, 251
Cavalcani, 24
Cavalcanti: altar of, 261
Cavalieri:
Tomaso dei, a friend, 85;
drawings for, 230;
letter from, 231, 246, 248, 258, 259
Cellini:
Benvenuto, 91, 92, 118;
describes the Cartoon, 127, 202, 252, 255
Centaurs: battle of, _see_ Deianira
Cesena: Bishop of, 85
Charles: the Emperor, 309, 310, 312
Charon, 71
Chigi, 292
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