Rubin, Patricia Lee, 1951-
Giorgio Vasari : art and history / Patricia Lee Rubin.
New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1995.
viii, 448 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
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-sixteenth 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.
Rubin shows that Vasari had distinct ideas about the nature of his task as a biographer, about the importance of interpretation, judgment, and example - about the historian's art. Vasari's principles and practices as a writer are examined here, as are their sources in Vasari's experiences as an artist.
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Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574 Criticism and interpretation.
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574. Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori.
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574 Critique et interprétation
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574. Vite de' più eccellenti architetti, pittori et scultori italiani.
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574
Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori (Vasari, Giorgio)
Kunst.
Geschiedschrijving.
Wetenschappelijke technieken.
Artists Italy.
Art, Italian.
Art, Renaissance Italy.
Visual arts
Italy
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Location: Library main 189684
Call No.: ID ND37.V328; ID:95-B1899
Status: Available
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