| The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art Contributor(s): Charney, Noah (Author), Rowland, Ingrid D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393356361 ISBN-13: 9780393356366 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Art | History - Renaissance |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (1.05 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Charney, Noah: - Noah Charney is an internationally best-selling author and professor of art history living in Slovenia.Rowland, Ingrid D.: - Ingrid Rowland is an award-winning author, a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books, and a professor of history, classics, art, and architecture at the University of Notre Dame, based in Rome. |