Lives of the Artists

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.

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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...

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Giorgio Vasari

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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.

Inhalt
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