Vasari's Words The 'Lives of the Artists' As a History of Ideas in the Italian Renaissance |
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| Author:
| Biow, Douglas |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-47205-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2018 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $161.95 |
Book Description:
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This book explores through keywords how Vasari's Lives is designed to address from beginning to end a variety of compelling ideas circulating in Renaissance Italy. Written in an entertaining, down-to-earth manner for specialists and non-specialists, it places the Lives within the context of the modern discipline of intellectual history.
This book explores through keywords how Vasari's Lives is designed to address from beginning to end a variety of compelling ideas circulating in Renaissance Italy. Written in an entertaining, down-to-earth manner for specialists and non-specialists, it places the Lives within the context of the modern discipline of intellectual history.