Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects: Volume 2

About the author

Born in Arezzo, Tuscany, in 1511, Giorgio Vasari was a versatile artist. Painter, architect, art collector, writer and historian, he is primarily acknowledged today as the author of The Lives of the Most Celebrated Painters, Sculptors and Architects. A foundational book of art history; it has acted as the prototype for all biographies of artists. Vasari had a prolific career in the city, working for the Medici family, notably for Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany. He cultivated friendships with many artists, including Michelangelo, who influenced his style. Unusually well-educated for an artist of his time, the 1540s, Vasari became involved in chronicling the lives, times and works of the great artists of what he called the Renaissance, defining the term as we understand it today. 1550 saw publication of the first edition of the Lives of the Painters in Florence.
Vasari died on 27 June 1574, while at work decorating the dome of the cathedral in Florence.

Summary

The painter and architect Giorgio Vasari was a pupil of Michelangelo's who worked mainly in Florence and Rome, but he is more famous for his "Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects". This is the second volume of his work, translated by Gaston de Vere.

Product details

• Authors: Giorgio Vasari
• Assisted by: Gaston De Vere (Translation), Gaston De Vere (Translation)
• Publisher: Random House Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.1996
• EAN: 9781857157819
• ISBN: 978-1-85715-781-9
• No. of pages: 1160
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 211 mm x 51 mm
• Weight: 1011 g
• Series: Everyman's Library Classics S.; Everyman's Library CLASSICS; Everyman's Library Classics S.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Essays, Architecture, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, ARCHITECTURE / General, ART / Individual Artists / Essays, History of Art, Non-graphic art forms, Literary essays, European history: Renaissance, Paintings and painting, c 1400 to c 1499 (period of the Italian Renaissance), Non-graphic and electronic art forms