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Reading Vasari
Anne (Ed) Barriault
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Description for Reading Vasari
Hardcover. Explores the rich literary character and rhetorical strategies of Giorgio Vasari's 'Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects', which tells the story of Italian art as it unfolded from its beginnings in the fourteenth century to its pinnacle in Michelangelo and the art of the Academy in the mid-16th century. Editor(s): Barriault, Anne B.; Ladis, Andrew T.; Land, Norman E.; Wood, Jeryldene M. Num Pages: 320 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AGB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 184 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1275.
This book explores the rich literary character and rhetorical strategies of Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, which tells the story of Italian art as it unfolded from its beginnings in the fourteenth century to its pinnacle in Michelangelo and the art of the Academy in the mid-sixteenth century. The contributors of Reading Vasari propose ways to understand Vasari's text in the light of recent disputes over what is fact, fiction, or biography, and who may have read Vasari's editions when they were first published. The book isolates and analyses select threads from Vasari's luxurious ... Read more
This book explores the rich literary character and rhetorical strategies of Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, which tells the story of Italian art as it unfolded from its beginnings in the fourteenth century to its pinnacle in Michelangelo and the art of the Academy in the mid-sixteenth century. The contributors of Reading Vasari propose ways to understand Vasari's text in the light of recent disputes over what is fact, fiction, or biography, and who may have read Vasari's editions when they were first published. The book isolates and analyses select threads from Vasari's luxurious ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Philip Wilson Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856675829
SKU
V9780856675829
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About Anne (Ed) Barriault
Anne B. Barriault is an art historian, writer and editor for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation, Richmond. Andrew T. Ladis is Franklin Professor of Art at the University of Georgia, Athens. Norman E. Land is Professor of Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art History at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Jeryldene M. Wood is Associate Professor of Art History in ... Read more
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