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.The Lives of the Artists (Oxford World's Classics) by: Giorgio Vasari April 02, 1998 This is a long, long book with a great deal of information. Clocking in at over five hundred pages and covering about thirty artists of the Italian Renaissance, it is fairly comprehensive and detailed. Some of Vasari's 'facts' have been discredited over the years and so the reader should not take everything here as gospel and indeed should be using this as a supplementary text with other material to get the best use out of it. Nevertheless it remains an important contemporary text and one of the first books on 'art history' ever produced. I have to admit that I found it extremely hard going. There are great long lists of works and their subjects and the patrons of artists which it is easy to get bored or confused by ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on The Lives of the Artists (Oxford World's Classics) |
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.Lives of the Artists: A Selection v. 1 (Classics) by: Giorgio Vasari August 27, 1987 This is a long, long book with a great deal of information. Clocking in at over five hundred pages and covering about thirty artists of the Italian Renaissance, it is fairly comprehensive and detailed. Some of Vasari's 'facts' have been discredited over the years and so the reader should not take everything here as gospel and indeed should be using this as a supplementary text with other material to get the best use out of it. Nevertheless it remains an important contemporary text and one of the first books on 'art history' ever produced. I have to admit that I found it extremely hard going. There are great long lists of works and their subjects and the patrons of artists which it is easy to get bored or confused by but ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on Lives of the Artists: A Selection v. 1 (Classics) |
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.Lives of the Artists: A Selection v. 2 (Classics) by: Giorgio Vasari August 27, 1987 This is a long, long book with a great deal of information. Clocking in at over five hundred pages and covering about thirty artists of the Italian Renaissance, it is fairly comprehensive and detailed. Some of Vasari's 'facts' have been discredited over the years and so the reader should not take everything here as gospel and indeed should be using this as a supplementary text with other material to get the best use out of it. Nevertheless it remains an important contemporary text and one of the first books on 'art history' ever produced. I have to admit that I found it extremely hard going. There are great long lists of works and their subjects and the patrons of artists which it is easy to get bored or confused by but there ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on Lives of the Artists: A Selection v. 2 (Classics) |
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.Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Everyman's Library Classics) by: Giorgio Vasari November 14, 1996 When one reads Vasari's Lives' one should consider that to criticise thebook for it's various weaknesses with bias and his emotive tones is toutterly miss the point of Vasari. The book is what it is, largely aprimary source of the Great Artists from Giotto to Titian. No new versioncan get away from this, to attempt to balance the books opinions would beto create a new and inaccurate version. When one considers THIS book oneshould merely consider the quality of this edition, which is excellent. Superbly put together and marvelously edited. >>See More Reviews & Details on Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Everyman's Library Classics) |
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.The Lives of the Artists (Naxos Biography) (Naxos Biography) (Naxos Biography) by: Giorgio Vasari June 30, 2008 When one reads Vasari's Lives' one should consider that to criticise thebook for it's various weaknesses with bias and his emotive tones is toutterly miss the point of Vasari. The book is what it is, largely aprimary source of the Great Artists from Giotto to Titian. No new versioncan get away from this, to attempt to balance the books opinions would beto create a new and inaccurate version. When one considers THIS book oneshould merely consider the quality of this edition, which is excellent. Superbly put together and marvelously edited. >>See More Reviews & Details on The Lives of the Artists (Naxos Biography) (Naxos Biography) (Naxos Biography) |
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.The Lives of the Artists (World's Classics) by: Giorgio Vasari June 20, 1991 This is a long, long book with a great deal of information. Clocking in at over five hundred pages and covering about thirty artists of the Italian Renaissance, it is fairly comprehensive and detailed. Some of Vasari's 'facts' have been discredited over the years and so the reader should not take everything here as gospel and indeed should be using this as a supplementary text with other material to get the best use out of it. Nevertheless it remains an important contemporary text and one of the first books on 'art history' ever produced. I have to admit that I found it extremely hard going. There are great long lists of works and their subjects and the patrons of artists which it is easy to get bored or confused by but there are some interesting ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on The Lives of the Artists (World's Classics) |
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.Technique by: Giorgio Vasari February 01, 2000 This is a long, long book with a great deal of information. Clocking in at over five hundred pages and covering about thirty artists of the Italian Renaissance, it is fairly comprehensive and detailed. Some of Vasari's 'facts' have been discredited over the years and so the reader should not take everything here as gospel and indeed should be using this as a supplementary text with other material to get the best use out of it. Nevertheless it remains an important contemporary text and one of the first books on 'art history' ever produced. I have to admit that I found it extremely hard going. There are great long lists of works and their subjects and the patrons of artists which it is easy to get bored or confused by but there are some interesting ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on Technique |
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.Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects: v. 1 (Everyman's Library Classics) by: Giorgio Vasari October 31, 1996 When one reads Vasari's Lives' one should consider that to criticise thebook for it's various weaknesses with bias and his emotive tones is toutterly miss the point of Vasari. The book is what it is, largely aprimary source of the Great Artists from Giotto to Titian. No new versioncan get away from this, to attempt to balance the books opinions would beto create a new and inaccurate version. When one considers THIS book oneshould merely consider the quality of this edition, which is excellent. Superbly put together and marvelously edited. >>See More Reviews & Details on Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects: v. 1 (Everyman's Library Classics) |
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.Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects: v. 2 (Everyman's Library Classics) by: Giorgio Vasari October 31, 1996 When one reads Vasari's Lives' one should consider that to criticise thebook for it's various weaknesses with bias and his emotive tones is toutterly miss the point of Vasari. The book is what it is, largely aprimary source of the Great Artists from Giotto to Titian. No new versioncan get away from this, to attempt to balance the books opinions would beto create a new and inaccurate version. When one considers THIS book oneshould merely consider the quality of this edition, which is excellent. Superbly put together and marvelously edited. >>See More Reviews & Details on Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects: v. 2 (Everyman's Library Classics) |
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.Lives of the Artists. 3 volume set by: Giorgio Vasari 1993 When one reads Vasari's Lives' one should consider that to criticise thebook for it's various weaknesses with bias and his emotive tones is toutterly miss the point of Vasari. The book is what it is, largely aprimary source of the Great Artists from Giotto to Titian. No new versioncan get away from this, to attempt to balance the books opinions would beto create a new and inaccurate version. When one considers THIS book oneshould merely consider the quality of this edition, which is excellent. Superbly put together and marvelously edited. >>See More Reviews & Details on Lives of the Artists. 3 volume set |