The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
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- Paperback
640 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2006
Summary
A unique abridgment, with contextualizing introduction by Philip Jacks and notes.
A painter and architect in his own right, Giorgio Vasari (1511-74) achieved immortality for this book on the lives of his fellow Renaissance artists, first published in Florence in 1550. Although he based his work on a long tradition of biographical writing, Vasari infused these literary portraits with a decidedly modern form of critical judgment. The result is a work that remains to this day the corners…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375760365 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375760369 |
| Author: | Giorgio Vasari, Gaston du C. de Vere, Philip Jacks |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2006 |
| Weight: | 533g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 33mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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Giorgio Vasari
Philip Jacks is a leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance and Associate Professor of Fine Arts and Art History at George Washington University. He is the author of several books and the editor of Vasari’s Florence- Artists and Literati at the Medicean Court.
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