Note 70 — HENRY FUSELI, Esq. M.A. R.A. (continued 2)
Reading edition
"The two masters of Michael Angelo," says Fiorillo, "descend in equidistant degrees from the School of Cimabue and Giotto: the following scale shows the technic pedigree of M. Angelo at one glance:
Cimabue. Giotto. Taddeo Gaddi.
Angelo Gaddi.Jacopo Casentino.
Ant. Veneziano.Spinello.
Paolo Uccello.Lorenzo Bicci.
Aless. Baldovinetti.Donatello.
Dom. del Ghirlandaio.Bertoldo.
M.A. Buonarroti."
What pity that this laboured scale, which has all the air of an astrologic conceit of Vasari, and gives to chance the sanction of predestination, could not be extended to Architecture! As the notion of a writer who dates the subversion of Art from the epoch and style of M. Angelo, it must appear ludicrous even to the most declared votary of that great name on this side of idolatry.