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The Life of Leonardo da Vinci

By Giorgio Vasari
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The Life of Leonardo da Vinci by Giorgio Vasari offers a captivating portrayal of the renowned artist and polymath Leonardo da Vinci. As both a biographer and an admirer, Vasari delves into Leonardo's incredible talents and achievements in the realms of art and science, providing insights into his character, innovations, and the challenges he faced during the Renaissance. This biography serves as both an homage and a critical examination of Leonardo's enduring influence.
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You might enjoy this book if you are fascinated by the life and achievements of Leonardo da Vinci. It provides a detailed account of his artistic endeavours, scientific explorations, and the extraordinary mind of one of history's most influential polymaths. Exploring the Renaissance era through the eyes of a contemporary offers a unique perspective on Leonardo's enduring legacy.

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The Life of Leonardo da Vinci

A long-awaited new translation of Giorgio Vasari's "Life of Leonardo da Vinci," illustrated for the first time, that preserves Vasari's compelling narrative and respects his meaning with a new precision.

A new translation of Georgio Vasari's Life of Leonardo da Vinci, supplemented with colour illustrations for the first time, and edited by one of the world's leading Leonardo scholars

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Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Most Famous Painters, Sculptors and Architects (1550 and 1569) is a classic of cultural history. A monumental assembly of artists' lives from Giotto to Michelangelo, it paints a vivid picture of the progress of art in the hands of individual masters. No Life is more vivid than that of Leonardo, a near-contemporary of Vasari—not even Vasari's account of Michelangelo, whom he knew and idolised.

This beautiful edition offers a literary translation that respects the 16th-century Italian, transposing Vasari's vocabulary into its modern equivalent. Martin Kemp is an eminent scholar, who has written on the vocabulary of Renaissance writings on art, and has co-translated Leonardo on Painting and Leonardo's Codex Leicester. Translated in partnership with Lucy Russell, the text will be the first to cover both the 1550 edition and the expanded version of 1568, and the first to integrate the texts of the two editions on the page. Discreet endnotes will provide succinct comments in the light of modern knowledge of Leonardo's career.

Illustrated with all the works of art discussed by Vasari and a selection of Leonardo's studies of science and technology, this will be the perfect accompaniment to Leonardo's 500th anniversary celebrations.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500239858

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 31 January 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Contributors:

  • Edited by Martin Kemp
  • Translated by Lucy Russell

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 185.0mm

Weight: 310g

Pages: 128

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Giorgio Vasari Musicians, Movie Stars & Creative Biographies Non-Fiction

About the Author

Martin Kemp is professor emeritus of the history of art at Oxford University

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