Essays Tagged: "Giorgio Vasari"

Renaissance.

ts throughout the renaissance.Giotto (1269 - 1339): The cornerstone of renaissance art*According to Giorgio Vasari, Giotto is the foundation of renaissance art as he broke free form the Middle Ages, t ...

(11 pages) 581 5 4.1 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Book review of the life of Perugino..in Giorgio Vasari's Life of the artists translated by George Bull

Giorgio VasariLives of the Artists translated by George BullLife of Pietro Perugino."How Beneficial ... found another twenty one who were natives of Tuscany or working within the region, many in Arezzo, Giorgio's hometown. Apart from Rome and Venice, he virtually disregards the rest of Italy.( Le vite ... fore it was difficult to make a living. From this one gets the feel of the current economic climate.Giorgio eventually manages to prise himself from recounting the virtues of his beloved Florence and ...

(5 pages) 38 0 4.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

Book review of Pintoricchio in The lives of the artists : a selection / Giorgio Vasari; translated by George Bull. Harmondsworth : Penguin Books, 1965 Bernardino Pintoricchio

The lives of the artists : a selection / Giorgio Vasari; translated by George Bull.Harmondsworth : Penguin Books, 1965Bernardino Pintoricchio ...

(6 pages) 37 0 4.6 Dec/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

Ghirlandaio

med Ghirlandaio, because of his father's skill at making garlands. In Lives, Renaissance biographer Giorgio Vasari wrote that Ghirlandaio was a student of painter Alesso Baldovinetti. Unlike most othe ...

(3 pages) 23 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Masaccio's legacy

s and inspiring from that which was of true value, gave rise to the excellence and renown of his artGiorgio Vasari's introduction in his book "The life of Masaccio" symbolically begins by proclaiming ... dge University Press.2002Goffen, Rona. "Masaccio's Trinity". Cambridge University Press.1998Vasari, Giorgio. "The Lives of the Artists". Oxford University Press.1998

(11 pages) 56 0 3.7 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Academic Art -- The Renaissance Academy and French Royal Academy

The first Academy of Art was founded in Florence by Giorgio Vasari, who called it the Accademia del Disegno - the academy of representation by signs. Th ...

(3 pages) 49 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Michelango Buonarroti: Immortality Through Infamy

garded as one of the most famous works of art. This is the only work that Michelangelo ever signed. Giorgio Vasari, a well known writer of that time who wrote of all the artists of the Renaissance, wr ...

(9 pages) 14 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Art Essays

Society Revelaed Through Art

were interested in developing knowledge and looked to the antiquity as a source for inspiration. In Giorgio Vasari's well known book, Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, he p ... were interested in developing knowledge and looked to the antiquity as a source for inspiration. In Giorgio Vasari's well known book, Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, he p ...

(12 pages) 45 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Leonardo da Vinci and Music

er suggestion?]Michael EisenbergColumbia UniversityIn the 1568 edition of his Lives of the Artists, Giorgio Vasari casts Leonardo as a proficient performer, teacher and improviser on the lira da bracc ...

(4 pages) 0 0 0.0 Jun/2014

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers