Vasari's Florence: Artists and Literati at the Medicean Court

By Giorgio Vasari, Maia W. Gahtan, Philip Joshua Jacks

Book Overview

This book explores the multi-faceted career of Giorgio Vasari--painter, architect, artistic impresario, collector and biographer. The essays examine Vasari's working relationship with his advisor, Vincenzo Borghini, from the decoration of the Sala Regia at the Vatican to the master's last and greatest challenge, the cupola of Florence cathedral. Drawing on recently discovered documentary sources from the Vasari family archive, Vasari's Florence puts into new perspective the historiographical and artistic achievements of this pivotal Renaissance artist.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521580889
• ISBN13: 9780521580885
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"