Giorgio Vasari: The Man and the Book

by Thomas Sherrer Ross Boase

A striking account of Vasari's career, friendships, and contribution to the art of the Italian Renaissance

Vasari's Lives of the Most Excellent Architects, Painters, and Sculptors, first published in 1550, fixed for three hundred years general European views about the art of the Renaissance, and its influence still lingers today. While much has been written about Vasari's writings, comparatively few full-length...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691252211
• ISBN13: 9780691252216
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.9" x 9.9"