Famous Painter, Sculptor, and Architect（）

Author: (Italian) Vasari
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Publishing Date: 2005-05-01
Features: When reading Vasari's account of the competition between Donatello and Brunelleschi, we realize that the aesthetic qualities they were concerned with in sculpture are similar to what modern art historians are concerned with. This is one of the earliest treatises on art written by an outstanding artist and a primary source for the study of Italian Renaissance art. The book records the lives and achievements of thirty-three Renaissance Italian artists who influenced the development of art history. As the author himself stated, through diligent research into the birthplaces and life stories of the masters, as well as by painstakingly collecting, verifying, and writing about the causes and effects of important artistic events of that period from dusty, insect-eaten records and writings left behind by the descendants of the masters, he made it possible for us to have a documented history of art today. Here, the stories within art and the art within stories are fully revealed. With abundant and delicate emotions and elegant, simple prose, the author revives the ancient masters and enriches the history of art today.