At the end of 2024, more than 100 masterpieces were put on display at the Gallery of Modern Contemporary Art and the former Church of St. Ignazio in Arezzo, for an exhibition event with an international scope that represented the culmination of Arezzo. The City of Vasari, the program of events organised to celebrate Vasari in his hometown on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of his death. Unpublished works, monumental works and loans from some of the world's most prestigious museums and private collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Albertina Museum in Vienna and the Musée du Louvre in Paris, as well as national treasures held by the Uffizi Galleries in Florence and other Italian museums were included. The monumental works which rarely leave their original locations represent some of the most significant masterpieces of Vasari's artistic production. This catalogue was published to accompany the exhibition.
AUTHOR: Cristina Acidini (born 15 May 1951) is an Italian author and art historian. Her name also appears as Cristina Acidini Luchinat. She is the former Superintendent of Museum and Artistic Heritage State Board for the Florence area from 1991 to 1999. She chairs the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno and the Casa Buonarroti and ""Roberto Longhi"" Foundations. Her activity and commitment are by now internationally recognised in both the field of art and restoration and also in the curatorship of museums and exhibitions.
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Published on the 450th anniversary of Giorgio Vasari's death. Vasari, an architect, artist, and art historian, was the favourite court artist of Cosimo I de' Medici
300 colour, 5 b/w illustrations
Contributions by:
Alessandra Baroni
Edited by:
Cristina Acidini
Imprint: Mandragora
Country of Publication: Italy
Dimensions:
Height: 290mm,
Width: 245mm,
Weight: 2.520kg
ISBN: 9788874617265
ISBN 10: 8874617267
Pages: 404
Publication Date: 01 October 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Cristina Acidini, Behind the Scenes of the ‘Theatre of the Virtues’ Alessandra Baroni, Between Virtue and Fortune: ‘spartimenti’, Allegorical Frames, and Metalworks in Vasari’s Work before 15501 Eliana Carrara, Giorgio Vasari and Vincenzio Borghini, a Lifetime Partnership Alessandro Cecchi, In the Service of the duke. Giorgio Vasari and the Making of Palazzo Vecchio Carlo Falciani, The Allegory of Patience for Bishop Bernardetto Minerbetti of Arezzo Alessio Caporali, Emanuela Ferretti, ’Capitals and Bases that are of the Ordinary Kind’. Giorgio Vasari
and the Architectural Order of the Uffizi. Tuscan Identity and Worksite Practice Massimiliano Rossi, ’Peripatetic Phormio’ and ‘Precious Writers’. On the Anti-Bembian Polemic in the ‘Preface’ to The Lives Rick Scorza, Vasari’s Tuscan Provinces: Invenzione, Context and Role Anna Maria Testaverde, Ephemeral Theatres of Allegory and Giorgio Vasari’s Artistic Experimentation Catalogue I. Giorgio Vasari, A Giant Among Artists Entries 1–12 II. The young Vasari: an excellent education Entries 13–28 III. An Apotheosis of Virtues Entries 29–55 IV. The Accademia del Disegno Entries 56–80 V. Vasari and Sacred Art Entries 81–89 VI. Drawing, the Father of the Arts Entries 90–109 VII. The Chimera, Vasari and the Duke Entries 110–117 VIII. Monumental paintings in churches and basilicas Entries 118–121 Apparatus Note to reader Abbreviations Bibliography Photographic Credits
Cristina Acidini (born 15 May 1951) is an Italian author and art historian. Her name also appears as Cristina Acidini Luchinat. She is the former Superintendent of Museum and Artistic Heritage State Board for the Florence area from 1991 to 1999. She chairs the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno and the Casa Buonarroti and ""Roberto Longhi"" Foundations. Her activity and commitment are by now internationally recognised in both the field of art and restoration and also in the curatorship of museums and exhibitions.
