THE CITY OF FLORENCE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
Situation and Origin of Florence—Roman Times and the
Early Part of the Middle Ages—Florence before and
in the Time of Dante—Architecture in the Thirteenth
Century—Towers—Rubacon Bridge—Churches—Sta. Maria
Novella and Sta. Croce—Enlargement of the Town and Third
Wall—Arnolfo di Cambio, called di Lapo—St. Maria del Fiore
and Palace of the Signoria—Churches, Hospitals, Castles
in the Province—Building of Palaces and Houses—Style of
the Churches—Tuscan Gothic—Cimabue and Giotto—Giotto and
the Cathedral—Belfry of the Cathedral—Taddeo Gaddi—The
Hall of Or San Michele—Enlargement of the Palace of the
Podestà—Architecture of the Middle of the Fourteenth
Century—Religious Institutions—St. Anne’s Chapel in Or San
Michele—New Church-building—Society of Artists—Hall of the
Signory (Loggia de Lanzi)—Family Residences—Sculpture—Andrea
Pisano and his School—Painting—Andrea di Cione, called
Arcagna—Hospitals and Monuments—Filippo Brunelleschi—Church
of Sta. Maria del Fiore—The Foundling Hospital (Innocenti)—San
Lorenzo—Sto. Spirito—Other Works of Brunelleschi—Dwelling
Houses—Streets and Pavements—Sculpture of the Fifteenth
Century—Ghiberti and Donatello—Painting—Fra Angelico of
Fiesole and Masaccio—General Appearance of the Town—The
Environs—Fortified Villas and Monasteries 38
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