Lives of the artists : a selection

Author(s)

• Vasari, Giorgio
• Bull, George Anthony

Bibliographic Information

Lives of the artists : a selection

Giorgio Vasari ; translated by George Bull

（Penguin classics）

Penguin Books, 1987

• v. 1 : pbk
• v. 2 : pbk

Note

Original title: Le vite de' più eccellenti architetti, pittori et scultori italiani

v. 1. Reprint. Originally published minor revisions [ed.], 1971

v. 1. c1965--v. 2. c1987

Includes bibliographies

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9780140444605

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Lives: Part One Nicola and Giovanni Pisano Duccio di Buoninsegna Part Two Luca della Robbia Michelozzo Michelozzi Andrea del Castagno and Domenico Veneziano Jacopo, Giovanni, and Gentile Bellini Antonio and Piero Pollaiuolo Part Three Piero di Cosimo Fra Bartolommeo of San Marco Andrea del Sarto Giovanni Battista Rosso Francesco Mazzuoli (Parmigianino) Jacopo Palma and Lorenzo Lotto Giulio Romano Jacopo Pontormo Francesco Salviati Jacopo Sansovino Notes on the Artists Further Reading

Volume

v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9780140445008

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction Vasari's Lives Vasari and the Renaissance Artist Translator's Note The Lives Preface to the Lives Cimabue Giotto Preface to Part Two Uccello Ghiberti Masaccio Brunelleschi Donatello Piero della Francesca Fra Angelico Alberti Fra Filippo Lippi Botticelli Verrocchio Mantegna Preface to Part Three Leonardo da Vinci Giorgione Correggio Raphael Michelangelo Titian Notes on the Artists Further Reading

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Details

• NCID: BA2735437X
• ISBN:
  • 0140445005
  • 0140444602
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ita
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : N6922
  • DC : 709.45
  • NDC8 : 702.8
  • DC : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Artists, Italian
  • LCSH : Art, Renaissance -- Italy -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00305646