The Lives of the Artists

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Giorgio Vasari Julia Conaway Bondanella (Associate Director, Associate Director, Indiana University Honors Division)

The Lives of the Artists

Giorgio Vasari, Julia Conaway Bondanella (Associate Director, Associate Director, Indiana University Honors Division), Peter Bondanella (Professor of Italian and Film Studies, Professor of Italian and Film Studies, Indiana University)

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Worlds Classics
14 November 2008

Renaissance art; Biography: historical, political & military; Literature, Poetry & Criticism

Series: Oxford World's Classics

Packed with facts, attributions, and entertaining anecdotes about his contemporaries, Vasari's collection of biographical accounts also presents a highly influential theory of the development of Renaissance art.

Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto, who represent the infancy of art, Vasari considers the period of youthful vigour, shaped by Donatello, Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, and Masaccio, before discussing the mature period of perfection, dominated by the titanic figures of Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo.

This specially commissioned translation contains thirty-six of the most important lives as well as an introduction and explanatory notes.

ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

By: Giorgio Vasari
Translated by: Julia Conaway Bondanella (Associate Director Associate Director Indiana University Honors Division), Peter Bondanella (Professor of Italian and Film Studies, Professor of Italian and Film Studies, Indiana University)
Imprint: Worlds Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 421g
ISBN: 9780199537198
ISBN 10: 0199537194
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 624
Publication Date: 14 November 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Lives of the Artists

`...a book which has come to be recognised as the single most important contemporary source of information on hundreds of artists of the Italian Renaissance period.' Irish Independent