Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

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art history text artist biography collection book

Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects is a seminal 16th-century collection of artist biographies by Giorgio Vasari that is often considered the foundational text of art history and Renaissance art criticism.

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Surface form Occurrences
Le Vite de’ Pittori, Scultori et Architetti 2
Giorgio Vasari’s "Lives of the Artists" 1
Life of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers active from 1572 to 1642 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art history text ⓘ
artist biography collection ⓘ
book ⓘ
associatedMovement Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Giorgio Vasari NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralConcept Renaissance as rebirth of classical art ⓘ
centralFigure Michelangelo NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsBiographiesOf Brunelleschi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Donatello NERFINISHED ⓘ
Giotto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leonardo da Vinci NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michelangelo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Raphael NERFINISHED ⓘ
Titian NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
describedAs foundational text of art history ⓘ
seminal work of Renaissance art criticism ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1550 ⓘ
focusesOnPeriod Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOnRegion Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre Renaissance art history ⓘ
art criticism ⓘ
biography ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle The Lives of the Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalImportance earliest comprehensive history of Italian art ⓘ
includesAutobiographicalElements true ⓘ
includesLifeOf Giorgio Vasari NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedField Renaissance studies ⓘ
art historiography ⓘ
biographical writing about artists ⓘ
keyTheme artistic genius ⓘ
emulation of classical antiquity ⓘ
role of patrons in art ⓘ
literaryStyle humanist ⓘ
narrative biography ⓘ
notableFeature includes critical evaluations of artists ⓘ
introduces idea of artistic progress over time ⓘ
mixes historical fact with anecdote ⓘ
originalLanguage Italian ⓘ
originalTitle Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationCentury 16th century ⓘ
secondEditionYear 1568 ⓘ
structure series of artist lives in chronological order ⓘ
subject architects ⓘ
painters ⓘ
sculptors ⓘ
timeSpanCovered from Cimabue to Vasari's contemporaries ⓘ

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Giorgio Vasari → notableWork → Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects ⓘ
Renaissance art theory → hasKeyText → Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lives of the Artists
Western art → hasCanonicalText → Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Giorgio Vasari’s "Lives of the Artists"
Giovanni Baglione → notableWork → Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Life of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers active from 1572 to 1642
Giovanni Baglione → notableWork → Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Le Vite de’ Pittori, Scultori et Architetti
Giovanni Baglione → wrote → Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Le Vite de’ Pittori, Scultori et Architetti