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The fame and influence of Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) were as immediate as they were unprecedented. It is not surprising, therefore, that he was the only living artist Giorgio Vasari included in the first edition of Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, published in 1550. Revised and expanded in 1568, Vasari’s monumental work comprises more than two hundred biographies; for centuries it has been recognized as a seminal text in art history and one of the most important sources on the Italian Renaissance.
Vasari’s biography of Michelangelo, the longest in his Lives, presents Michelangelo’s oeuvre as the culminating achievement of Renaissance painting, sculpture, and architecture. He tells the grand story of the artist’s expansive career, profiling his working habits; describing the creation of countless masterpieces, from the David to the Sistine Chapel ceiling; and illuminating his relationships with popes and other illustrious patrons. A lifelong friend, Vasari also quotes generously from the correspondence between the two men; the narrative is further enhanced by an abundance of colorful anecdotes. The volume’s forty-two illustrations convey the range and richness of Michelangelo’s art.
An introduction by the scholar David Hemsoll traces the textual development of Vasari’s Lives and situates his biography of Michelangelo in the broader context of Renaissance art history.
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Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574), Florentine painter, architect, and intimate of the Medici, was a leading exponent of the later Renaissance style sometimes called Mannerism, which was heavily influenced by Michelangelo; in addition to his great Lives, his best-known works are the frescoes in the Palazzo Vecchio. David Hemsoll, senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham, in the United Kingdom, has published widely on Renaissance art and architecture.
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Original Language: Italian
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- PublisherJ. Paul Getty Museum
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1606065653
- ISBN 13 9781606065655
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
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