Main entry:

Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574.

Title & Author:

Vasari on theatre / [selected and translated by] Thomas A. Pallen.

Publication:

Carbondale, IL : Southern Illinois University Press, 1999.

Description:

vii, 159 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-156) and index.
pt. 1. Pageantry and Theatre. Piero di Cosimo (c. 1462-1521). Francesco d'Angelo, called Cecca (1447-88). Andrea di Angelo, called del Sarto (1486-1531). Jacopo Carucci, called da Pontormo (1494-1557). Bastiano da San Gallo, called Aristotile (1481-1551). Niccolo [Pericoli], called Tribolo (1500-1558). Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446). Francesco d'Angelo, called Cecca (1447-88). Girolamo Genga, painter (1476-1551). Baldassarre Peruzzi, painter (1481-1536). Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano (c. 1492/99-1546). Bastiano da San Gallo, called Aristotile (1481-1551). Battista Franco (1498-1561). Agnolo Tori, called Bronzino (1503-72). Giorgio Vasari (1511-74) -- pt. 2. Excerpts from Le vite de' piu eccellenti Pittori, Scultori et Architettori.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"In the process of creating the massive work that eventually became Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, painter and scholar Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) spent much of the mid-sixteenth century traveling throughout Italy, meeting Renaissance artists and writing about their lives and works." "From this imposing source, Thomas A. Pallen has created a compendium of theatrical references augmented by related modern Italian scholarship. Vasari's Lives - daunting because of its sheer magnitude - has remained relatively obscure to English-speaking theatre historians. To introduce the numerous scenographic references of this great work to the English-speaking audience, Pallen provides new translations of all relevant passages, as well as a table of cross-references to the principal editions of Vasari in both English and Italian. And because Vasari often omitted important information, Pallen annotates the text, providing important names, places, and historical background."--Jacket.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

0809321610 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780809321612 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574.
Set designers Italy Biography.
Artists Italy Biography.
Décorateurs de théâtre Italie Biographies.
Artistes Italie Biographies.
Artists
Set designers
Theater
Theaters.
Decorontwerpers.
Décorateurs de théâtre Italie.
Italy

Form/genre:

Biography
Collective biographies.
Treatises.
Biographies

Added entries:

Pallen, Thomas A., 1944-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 202190
Call No.: NA44.V328.A76 1999
Status: Available