Lives of the Artists: 2 - Softcover

Vasari, Giorgio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140444602 ISBN 13: 9780140444605

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1987

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Product Description:

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.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0140444602
• ISBN 13: 9780140444605
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 375
• Editor: Murray Peter