Vasari's Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects are and always have been central texts for the study of the Italian Renaissance. They can and should be read in many ways. Since their publication in the mid-16th century, they have been a source of both information and pleasure. Their immediacy after more than four hundred years is a measure of Vasari's success. He wished the artists of his day, himself included, to be famous. He made the association of artistry and genius, of renaissance and the arts so familiar ...
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Vasari's Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects are and always have been central texts for the study of the Italian Renaissance. They can and should be read in many ways. Since their publication in the mid-16th century, they have been a source of both information and pleasure. Their immediacy after more than four hundred years is a measure of Vasari's success. He wished the artists of his day, himself included, to be famous. He made the association of artistry and genius, of renaissance and the arts so familiar that they now seem inevitable. In this book Patricia Rubin argues that both the inevitability and the immediacy should be questioned. To read Vasari without historical perspective results in a limited and distorted view of The Lives.
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Add this copy of Giorgio Vasari: Art and History to cart. $41.58, poor condition, Sold by Hay-on-Wye Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1995 by Yale University Press.
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Poor. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 448 p. Ex library book with stamps, stickers, etc. No jacket. Wear to edges & corners of hardcover. Tape marks on the back. Clippings stapled to ffep which has been stapled together with the half title page & also clipped. Pen on title page. Scuffed/torn back pastedown. Faint marks to textblock edge. Movement in spine. Content is in good, clean condition with some ink transfer on pages.
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Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. x & 449 pp. Illustrated. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Penciled notation to rear page. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Art History).
Add this copy of Giorgio Vasari: Art and History to cart. $82.45, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1995 by Yale University Press.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1600grams, ISBN: 0300049099.
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