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Lives of the Artists
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Through character sketches and anecdotes the author depicts Piero di Cosimo shut away in his derelict house, living only to paint, and Giulio Romano's startling painting of Jove striking down the giants.
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Lives of the Artists made Vasari one of the most influential art historians of all time, fusing literary and artistic ability.
In his Lives of the Artists of the Italian Renaissance, Vasari demonstrated a literary talent that outshone even his outstanding abilities as a painter and architect. Through character sketches and anecdotes, he depicts Piero di Cosimo shut away in his derelict house, living only to paint; Giulio Romano's startling painting of Jove striking down the giants; and his friend Francesco Salviati, whose biography also tells us much about Vasari's own early career.
Vasari's original and soaring vision, plus his acute aesthetic judgements, have made him one of the most influential art historians of all time.
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ISBN: 9780140444605
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 August 1987
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Edition: 2nd edition
Contributors:
- Translated by George Bull
- Notes by Peter Murray
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 292g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Giorgio Vasari (1511-74) was an accomplished painter and architect, but it is for his illuminating biographies of artists that he is best remembered. George Bull translated widely from the Italian during his lifetime, and also wrote several books on the Renaissance period.
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