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In Florence. 361 to decorate it for him. Those that answered the call were Botticelli, Ghirlandajo, Rosselli, and Signorelli ; and, under the direction of the first-named, they executed frescoes which to this day testify to the excellence of Florentine art at the close of the fifteenth century. Our space will only permit us to give a list of these works. Beginning at the altar are — On the Left Wall. (i.) Journey of Moses and Zipporah. (Perugino.) (ii.) Moses s Miracles in Egypt. (Botticelli.) (iii.) Drowning of Pharaoh. (Rosselli.) (iv.) Moses Reading the Law: Adoration, and Destruction of the Calf (Rosselli.) (v.) Fall of Korah and his Followers. (Botticelli.) (vi.) Publication of the Ten Commandments, and Death of Moses. (Signorelli.) On the Right Wall. (i.) Baptism of Christ. (Perugino.) (ii.) Temptation of Christ. (Botticelli.) (iii.) Calling of Peter and Andrew. (Ghirlandajo.) (iv.) Sermon on the Mount. (Rosselli.) (v.) Investiture of ' S. Peter. (Perugino.) (vi.) Last Supper. (Rosselli.) (b) The Paduan School. The founder of the Paduan school was Francesco Squar- cione (1394 — 1474), to whom is due the merit of reviving the study of the masterpieces of antique sculpture. The peculiarity of the Paduan school was a sculpturesque rather than pictorial treatment of form, the compositions of its masters resembling bas-reliefs rather than paintings.