Giorgio Vasari : The Man and the Book Paperback / softback
by Thomas Sherrer Ross Boase
Part of the Bollingen Series series
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A striking account of Vasari’s career, friendships, and contribution to the art of the Italian RenaissanceVasari’s Lives of the Most Excellent Architects, Painters, and Sculptors, first published in 1550, fixed for three hundred years general European views about the art of the Renaissance, and its influence still lingers today.
While much has been written about Vasari’s writings, comparatively few full-length studies have dealt with the man himself.
In this book, T.S.R. Boase offers a compelling account of Vasari’s life and career.
At the same time, Boase explores Vasari’s ideas about the art and artists he described in the two editions of his Lives, placing these reflections in their contemporary context and later developments in art history and criticism.
The result is an important appraisal of Vasari’s achievement, which despite its imperfections is without parallel in the history of Western art.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:392 pages, 228 b/w illus.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:15/08/2023
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- ISBN:9780691252216
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:392 pages, 228 b/w illus.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:15/08/2023
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- ISBN:9780691252216
