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Description edit
These biographies of the great quattrocento artists have long been considered among the most important of contemporary sources on Italian Renaissance art. Vasari, who invented the term "Renaissance," was the first to outline the influential theory of Renaissance art that traces a progression... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Michelagnolo: Painted the Sistine Chapel but was mainly a sculpture by profession.
- Filippo: Add a description of this character.
- Donato
- S. Lorenzo
- Andrea
- Leonardo Da Vinci: An important artist in Renaissance history.
- Jacopo
- Tiziano
- Giotto: Painted "Lamentations"
- Raffaello
- Madonna
- Bronzino
- Bramante
- S. John
- Duke Cosimo
- Domenico
- S. Francis
- S. Giovanni
- Vasari: Author of the book and an artist himself.
- S. Pietro
- Pontormo
- S. Peter
- Piero
- S. Maria Del Fiore
- Pope Clement
- Leon Batista
- S. Croce
- Sandro
- Luca
- Ferrara
- Giorgio
- David
- Joseph
- Lazzaro
- Pope Leo
- Buonarroti
- Pope Paul
- S. Paul
- Pope Julius
- Signori
- Donatello
- Adam
Setting & Locations edit
- Florence
- Rome
- Ise
- Venice
- Urbino
- S. Francesco
- Bologna
- Arezzo
- Heaven
- Italy
- Nlichelagnolo
- Pisa
- Masaccio
- Padua
- Siena
- Naples
- Our Lady
- S. Maria Novella
- San Gallo
- Tuscany
- Perugia
- Mantua
- Assisi
- Borgo
- Lord Duke
- Islay
- Carrara
- Montorio
- Belvedere
- S. Spirito
- San Sepolcro
- Garden
- Spain
- Verona
- S. Maria Nuova
- Rimini
- Careggi
- Ratfaello
- Boccaccio
- Florentines
- Great Hall
- Lombardy
- Palace
- Faenza
Authors & Contributors edit
- Giorgio Vasari (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Italian
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1908
ISBN: 0140445005
Page Count: 480
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1908
ISBN: 0140445005
Page Count: 480
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 709.22
Subjects edit
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