Vasari's Florence : artists and literati at the Medicean Court / edited by Philip Jacks.
Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
xvi, 320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Vasari's Florence explores the multifaceted career of Giorgio Vasari - painter, architect, artistic impresario, collector, and author of Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, a text that stands at the foundation of art-historical writing up to the present. Born in Arezzo, Vasari became the adopted son of Florence, where he served Cosimo I for twenty years. The ducal court provided the setting for artists and literati to collaborate, while the commissioning of historical cycles served to further the political agenda of the Medici principate.
The essays in this volume examine Vasari's working relationship with his advisor, Vincenzo Borghini, from the decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio and the Sala Regia at the Vatican, to the master's last and greatest challenge, the cupola of Florence cathedral. Also offered are new insights into Vasari's writings - how Vasari constructed the Lives of his contemporaries to suit his objectives as an artist in his own right, and how his views have conditioned our understanding of Renaissance art.
0521580889 (hardback)
9780521580885 (hardback)
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574 Criticism and interpretation.
Medici, House of Art patronage.
Maison des Médicis Mécénat.
Medici, House of.
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574
Vasari, Giorgio 1511-1574
Medici Familie ca. 13.Jh.-18.Jh.
Bencivenni Medici Familie
Vasari, Giorgio, (1511-1574) Critique et interprétation.
Médicis (famille de) Mécénat.
Vasari, Giorgio.
Art, Renaissance Italy Florence.
Art, Italian Italy Florence.
Art de la Renaissance Italie Florence.
Art italien Italie Florence.
Art, Italian.
Art patronage.
Art, Renaissance.
Kunst
Aufsatzsammlung
Hofcultuur.
Artists Italy 16th century.
Art de la Renaissance Italie Florence (Italie)
Art Italie Italie Florence (Italie)
Italy Florence.
Florenz
Aufsatzsammlung.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574.
Jacks, Philip Joshua, 1954-
Location: Library main 180335
Call No.: ID N6923.V32.V37; ID:98-B740
Status: Available
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