PREFACE


In making a collection of prints from the works of Michelangelo, it is
impossible to secure any wide variety, either in subject or method of
treatment. We are dealing here with a master whose import is always
serious, and whose artistic individuality is strongly impressed on all
his works, either in sculpture or painting. Our selections represent
his best work in both arts. These are arranged, not in chronological
order, but in a way which will lead the student from the subjects most
familiar and easily understood to those which are more abstract and
difficult.

ESTELLE M. HURLL.
NEW BEDFORD, MASS.
January, 1900.




CONTENTS AND LIST OF PICTURES


PORTRAIT OF MICHELANGELO. ATTRIBUTED TO BUGIARDINI.
_Frontispiece._

INTRODUCTION