The Collector Of Lives Giorgio Vasari And The Invention Of Art

Author : Noah Charney
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393248399
Total Pages : 400 pages
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Download or read book The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art written by Noah Charney and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Readers curious about the making of Renaissance art, its cast of characters and political intrigue, will find much to relish in these pages.” —Wall Street Journal Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) was a man of many talents—a sculptor, painter, architect, writer, and scholar—but he is best known for Lives of the Artists, which singlehandedly established the canon of Italian Renaissance art. Before Vasari’s extraordinary book, art was considered a technical skill, and artists were mere decorators and craftsmen. It was through Vasari’s visionary writings that Raphael, Leonardo, and Michelangelo came to be regarded as great masters of life as well as art, their creative genius celebrated as a divine gift. Lauded by Sarah Bakewell as “insightful, gripping, and thoroughly enjoyable,” The Collector of Lives reveals how one Renaissance scholar completely redefined how we look at art.

Author : Noah Charney
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393356361
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Collector of Lives written by Noah Charney and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Readers curious about the making of Renaissance art, its cast of characters and political intrigue, will find much to relish in these pages.” —Wall Street Journal Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) was a man of many talents—a sculptor, painter, architect, writer, and scholar—but he is best known for Lives of the Artists, which singlehandedly established the canon of Italian Renaissance art. Before Vasari’s extraordinary book, art was considered a technical skill, and artists were mere decorators and craftsmen. It was through Vasari’s visionary writings that Raphael, Leonardo, and Michelangelo came to be regarded as great masters of life as well as art, their creative genius celebrated as a divine gift. Lauded by Sarah Bakewell as “insightful, gripping, and thoroughly enjoyable,” The Collector of Lives reveals how one Renaissance scholar completely redefined how we look at art.

Author : David J. Cast
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317043294
Total Pages : 432 pages
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Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to Giorgio Vasari written by David J. Cast and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ashgate Research Companion to Giorgio Vasari brings together the world's foremost experts on Vasari as well as up-and-coming scholars to provide, at the 500th anniversary of his birth, a comprehensive assessment of the current state of scholarship on this important-and still controversial-artist and writer. The contributors examine the life and work of Vasari as an artist, architect, courtier, academician, and as a biographer of artists. They also explore his legacy, including an analysis of the reception of his work over the last five centuries. Among the topics specifically addressed here are an assessment of the current controversy as to how much of Vasari's 'Lives' was actually written by Vasari; and explorations of Vasari's relationships with, as well as reports about, contemporaries, including Cellini, Michelangelo and Giotto, among less familiar names. The geographic scope takes in not only Florence, the city traditionally privileged in Italian Renaissance art history, but also less commonly studied geographical venues such as Siena and Venice.

Author : Giorgio Vasari
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
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Download or read book Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects written by Giorgio Vasari and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Giorgio Vasari
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141919973
Total Pages : 480 pages
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Download or read book Lives of the Artists written by Giorgio Vasari and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2003-07-31 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Great men, and their immortal works, are brought vividly to life, as Vasari depicts the young Giotto scratching his first drawings on stone; Donatello gazing at Brunelleschi's crucifix; and Michelangelo's painstaking work on the Sistine Chapel, harassed by the impatient Pope Julius II. The Lives also convey much about Vasari himself and his outstanding abilities as a critic inspired by his passion for art.

Author : Maia Wellington Gahtan
Publisher : Yale Univ Art Gallery
ISBN 13 : 9780894670688
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vasari's Florence written by Maia Wellington Gahtan and published by Yale Univ Art Gallery. This book was released on 1994 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Giorgio Vasari
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199537194
Total Pages : 624 pages
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Download or read book The Lives of the Artists written by Giorgio Vasari and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-08-14 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the 13th century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo.

Author : Giorgio Vasari
Publisher : Digireads.com
ISBN 13 : 9781420950892
Total Pages : 282 pages
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Download or read book The Lives of the Artists (Volume II of III) written by Giorgio Vasari and published by Digireads.com. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giorgio Vasari's biographical collection "The Lives of the Artists" is one of the most frequently cited art history books since the 16th century. It is also the first comprehensive book on art history ever created. In the work, Vasari brings together facts, knowledge, and sometimes gossip about almost 200 Renaissance artists. Most of the biographies are focused on Florentines and Romans, though Vasari also wrote about other European artists. "The Lives of Artists" not only discusses the importance of the artists, but it also serves as a book of art criticism. Vasari looked at the artists' paintings in minute detail, describing the positive and negative aspects of the artistry as well as the quality of the work. "The Lives of the Artists" has not escaped criticism, though. Many scholars and historians realize that Vasari's information was not always completely accurate; with the lesser-known artists, he flubs dates and other minor information. Vasari also sometimes invented some information and gossip about the artists. However, many have argued that the false information, or gossip, is truthful in spirit, even if the actual events did not happen. Regardless, "The Lives of Artists" is still one of the best art criticism and art history books in the genre, and it provides a valuable look at how the leading artists of the Renaissance helped to shape and redefine the art of their time. Contained here is the second of three volumes.

Author : Giorgio Vasari
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 534 pages
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Download or read book Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects written by Giorgio Vasari and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : MaiaWellington Gahtan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351565508
Total Pages : 373 pages
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Download or read book Giorgio Vasari and the Birth of the Museum written by MaiaWellington Gahtan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giorgio Vasari and the Birth of the Museum offers the first dedicated and comprehensive study of Vasari?s original contributions to the making of museums, addressing the subject from the full range of aspects - collecting, installation, conceptual-historical - in which his influence is strongly felt. Uniting specialists of Giorgio Vasari with scholars of historical museology, this collection of essays presents a cross-disciplinary overview of Vasari?s approaches to the collecting and display of art, artifacts and memorabilia. Although the main focus of the book is on the mid-late 16th century, contributors also bring to light that Vasari?s museology enjoyed a substantial afterlife well into the modern museum era. This volume is a fundamental addition to the museum studies literature and a welcome enhancement to the scholarly industry on Giorgio Vasari.