Main entry:

Cheney, Liana.

Title & Author:

Giorgio Vasari's Prefaces : art & theory / Liana De Girolami Cheney ; with a foreword by Wolfram Prinz.

Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2012]

Description:

lxxiii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-330) and index.
Machine generated contents note: ch. One Dedication Letter to Cosimo de' Medici, 1550 -- English Translation -- Reproduction of Original Italian -- Dedication Letter to Cosimo de' Medici, 1568 -- English Translation -- Reproduction of Original Italian -- Letter to Fellow Artists -- English Translation -- Reproduction of Original Italian -- Letter of Pope Pius V -- English Translation -- Reproduction of Original Italian -- ch. Two Giovanni Battista Adriani, Letter -- English Translation -- Reproduction of Original Italian -- ch. Three Preface to the Whole Vite -- English Translation -- Reproduction of Original Italian -- ch. Four Preface One -- English Translation -- Reproduction of Original Italian -- ch. Five Preface Two -- English Translation -- Reproduction of Original Italian -- ch. Six Preface Three -- English Translation -- Reproduction of Original Italian -- ch. Seven Description of the Works of Giorgio Vasari -- English Translation -- Reproduction of Original Italian -- ch. Eight Conclusion: The Author to the Craftsmen of Design -- English Translation -- Reproduction of Original Italian.
English, Italian and Latin.

Summary:

Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), Florentine painter, architect, art collector and writer, is best known for his Vite de' più eccellenti architetti, pittori et scultori italiani, da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri (Lives of the Most Excellent Architects, Painters and sculptors of Italy, from Cimabue to our present time) which was first published in 1550. By virtue of this text, Vasari was knows as the "first art historian" since Pliny the Elder. This volume provides an opportunity to study and understand the art, theory, and visual culture of Giorgio Vasari and sixteenth century Italy. For the first time all of Vasari's Prefaces from the Lives of the Artists (1568) are included in the original Italian and in English translation. Through the eyes of Vasari, this book captures the creative achievements of his fellow artists--how they adopt nature and the classical tradition as their muses and how they ingeniously interpret the secular and religious themes of the past and present.

ISBN:

9781433107993 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1433107996 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574 Criticism and interpretation.
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574. Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori.
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574.
Vasari, Giorgio 1511-1574
Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori (Vasari, Giorgio)
Art Historiography History 16th century.
Art Historiographie 16e siècle.
Art Historiography.
Vorwort
Kunst
Theorie
Ästhetik

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 283855
Call No.: BIB 222303
Status: Available