The collector of lives Giorgio Vasari and the invention of art
"Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) was a man of many talents--a sculptor, painter, architect, writer, and scholar--but he is best known for Lives of the Artists, the classic account that singlehandedly invented the genre of artistic biography and established the canon of Italian Renaissance art. Befor...
| Main Authors: | Rowland, Ingrid D. (Author), Charney, Noah (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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