Famous painter, sculptor, architect biography (Black and white version)

Author: Vasari [Italy], translated by Liu Mingyi
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Publish 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 about in sculpture are similar to those that modern art historians are interested in. 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 documenting the causes and effects of important artistic events of that era from dusty, worm-eaten records and writings left behind by the descendants of the masters, he has 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 rich and delicate emotions and elegant yet simple prose, the author revives the ancient masters and enriches the history of art today.