Art Without an Author Vasari's Lives and Michelangelo's Death |
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| Author:
| Ruffini, Marco |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8232-3455-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2011 |
| Publisher: | Fordham University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $105.00 |
Book Description:
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Why is the history of art so often construed as a history of artists, when its alleged focus is art? This book responds to this question by examining Giorgio Vasari's Lives and the artist it features most centrally, Michelangelo. Printed in Florence in 1550 and republished in a substantially enlarged form in 1568, the Lives is a compendium of biographies of the most noteworthy artists, from the late Middle Ages to Vasari's time.
Why is the history of art so often construed as a history of artists, when its alleged focus is art? This book responds to this question by examining Giorgio Vasari's Lives and the artist it features most centrally, Michelangelo. Printed in Florence in 1550 and republished in a substantially enlarged form in 1568, the Lives is a compendium of biographies of the most noteworthy artists, from the late Middle Ages to Vasari's time.