Lives of Tintoretto
Lives of Tintoretto

Author: Giorgio Vasari

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 2019-05-07

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1606066005

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Born Jacopo Comin, Tintoretto (ca. 1519–1594) was one of the great painters of the late Renaissance. This book presents the first biographies of Tintoretto, by Giorgio Vasari and Carlo Ridolfi, as well as accounts from individuals who knew the artist personally. This volume also includes a translation of the marginal notes El Greco wrote in his copy of Vasari’s Life of Tintoretto, which have never before been published. Richly illustrated, with an introduction by the scholar Carlo Corsato that reconstructs Tintoretto’s career and contextualizes the contemporary sources, Lives of Tintoretto enhances our understanding of this influential Renaissance artist, who helped establish the Mannerist style.

Vasari on Technique
Vasari on Technique

Author: Giorgio Vasari

Publisher:

Published: 1907

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13:

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Traduzione in inglese delle tre introduzioni alle arti dell'architettura, scultura e pittura alle Vite di Giorgio Vasari.

The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art
The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art

Author: Noah Charney

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2017-10-03

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 0393248399

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“Readers curious about the making of Renaissance art, its cast of characters and political intrigue, will find much to relish in these pages.” —Wall Street Journal 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, which singlehandedly established the canon of Italian Renaissance art. Before Vasari’s extraordinary book, art was considered a technical skill, and artists were mere decorators and craftsmen. It was through Vasari’s visionary writings that Raphael, Leonardo, and Michelangelo came to be regarded as great masters of life as well as art, their creative genius celebrated as a divine gift. Lauded by Sarah Bakewell as “insightful, gripping, and thoroughly enjoyable,” The Collector of Lives reveals how one Renaissance scholar completely redefined how we look at art.

Vasari's Lives of the Artists
Vasari's Lives of the Artists

Author: Giorgio Vasari

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2005-07-26

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0486441806

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One of the principal resources for study of Italian Renaissance art and artists, Vasari's Lives offers colorful, detailed portraits of the era's most representative figures. This single-volume edition spotlights 8 prominent artists.

Lives of the Artists
Lives of the Artists

Author: Giorgio Vasari

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2003-07-31

Total Pages: 629

ISBN-13: 0141919973

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Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Great men, and their immortal works, are brought vividly to life, as Vasari depicts the young Giotto scratching his first drawings on stone; Donatello gazing at Brunelleschi's crucifix; and Michelangelo's painstaking work on the Sistine Chapel, harassed by the impatient Pope Julius II. The Lives also convey much about Vasari himself and his outstanding abilities as a critic inspired by his passion for art.