Lives of the Artists: 2

Lives of the Artists: 2

by Giorgio Vasari (Author), George Bull (Translator), Giorgio Vasari (Author), Peter Murray (Editor), George Bull (Translator)

Synopsis

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 judgments have made him one of the most influential art historians of all time.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 375
Edition: 2
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 27 Aug 1987

ISBN 10: 0140444602
ISBN 13: 9780140444605

Author Bio
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.