Lives of the Artists, Paperback - Giorgio Vasari

Reducere. Giorgio Vasari's biographical collection "The Lives of the Artists" is one of the most frequently cited art history books since the 16th century. I...

Contributor(s): Author: Giorgio VasariTranslator: George BullIntroduction by: George BullIn his Lives of the Artists of the Italian Renaissance, Va...

Contributor(s): Author: Giorgio VasariTranslator: George BullIntroduction by: George BullIn his Lives of the Artists of the Italian Renaissance, Va...

DescriptionGiorgio Vasari (1511-1574) was a man of many talents--a sculptor, painter, architect, writer, and scholar--but he is best known for Live...

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From world-renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects offers a unique opportunity to learn about the lives ...

One of the greatest biographies of an artist ever written, and akey document of the Renaissance. Written by a friend, fellowpainter and fellow Flor...

The Life of Raphael is a keytext not only for the appreciation of Raphael's own art -whose development and chronology Vasari describes in detail, t...

A new translation of Giorgio Vasari's Life of Raphael, fully illustrated, and edited by leading scholars.Illustrations: 92 Illustrations, color

This book recounts the exciting rediscovery of Giorgio Vasari's painting Allegory of Patience, painted in 1551-52 for the Bishop of Arezzo, Vasari'...

Scion of an artistic dynasty, Giovanni Bellini is arguablythe greatest Venetian painter of the early Renaissance. Hisastonishing naturalism revolut...

A memoir of time spent at the bohemian heart of Paris life as a plucky young art critic, crossing paths with such memorable figures as Sartre, Beck...

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A stunning collection of homes and studios of 15 extraordinary artists, from painter Georgia O'Keeffe's Abiquiú home and sculptor Isamu Noguchi's J...

Across over thirty new works, Chris Orr humorously and irreverently depicts greats such as Hopper, Constable and Picasso encountering difficult sit...

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Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is universally celebrated as one of the greatest artists of all time, yet iconic Renaissance creator was also a...

Explores the symbiosis of philosophy and literature in understanding negativity.

Reducere. This book is a continuation of Giorgio Agamben's investigation of political theory, which began with the highly influential volume Homo Sacer: Sove...

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Giorgio Agamben's Homo Sacer was one of the seminal works of political philosophy in recent decades. It was also the beginning of a series of inter...

This is a haunting, elegiac novel which captures the mood and atmosphere of Italy (and in particular Ferrara) in the last summers of the thirties, ...

Publisher: TwoMorrows PublishingAuthor(s): Steven FearsNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 261 x 281 x 14Cover type: Paperback / ...

75 years on from the first Vespa, this book, an updated version of the successful Vespa 70 Years, traces decade by decade the technical and stylist...

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A novel about life in the time immediately before the arrival of the Atlantic slavers. Two lovers meet for the first time. One is the son of a king...

July 1918. A band of Allied Royal Flying Corps airmen are determined to escape Germany's harshest POW camp. Their plan will become the most ambitio...

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This gorgeously produced monograph focuses on the period during which Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) developed and refined his investigations of seria...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Giorgio BassaniThe story of a wealthy, insular Jewish family in Fascist Italy just before the outbreak of World War II. The...

This book is an authentic historical document, supported by extensive analytical information, in which former Fiat top manager Giorgio Garuzzo pass...

Two months after the attacks of 9/11, the Bush administration, in the midst of what it perceived to be a state of emergency, authorized the indefin...

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Enriched by anecdotes, gossip, and details of character and personal appearance, Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius (born c. 70 CE) is a valuable an...

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Art Making with MoMA, from the educators at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, presents 20 interactive activities that encourage kids (and adults ...

Reducere. Originally written in Greek sometime in the 3rd century, "Lives of the Eminent Philosophers" is the historically significant collection of biograph...

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A runaway bestselling self-published book debuts to the trade, telling the true story of a mom-to-be diagnosed with cancer who defies her doctors a...

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Reducere. This book consists of prose pieces that find a new form of expression for philosophy, an expression showing the inseparability of idea and prose--t...