Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf art history text ⓘ
artist biography collection ⓘ
book ⓘ
associatedMovement Italian Renaissance ⓘ
author Giorgio Vasari ⓘ
centralConcept Renaissance as rebirth of classical art ⓘ
centralFigure Michelangelo ⓘ
containsBiographiesOf Brunelleschi ⓘ
Donatello ⓘ
Giotto ⓘ
Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
Michelangelo ⓘ
Raphael ⓘ
Titian ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
describedAs foundational text of art history ⓘ
seminal work of Renaissance art criticism ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1550 ⓘ
focusesOnPeriod Italian Renaissance ⓘ
focusesOnRegion Italy ⓘ
genre Renaissance art history ⓘ
art criticism ⓘ
biography ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle The Lives of the Artists ⓘ
historicalImportance earliest comprehensive history of Italian art ⓘ
includesAutobiographicalElements true ⓘ
includesLifeOf Giorgio Vasari ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 Artists ⓘ
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Western art → hasCanonicalText → Giorgio Vasari’s "Lives of the Artists" ⓘ
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Giovanni Baglione → notableWork → Life of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers active from 1572 to 1642 ⓘ
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Giovanni Baglione → notableWork → Le Vite de’ Pittori, Scultori et Architetti ⓘ
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Giovanni Baglione → wrote → Le Vite de’ Pittori, Scultori et Architetti ⓘ
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Jacopo da Pontormo → describedIn → Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects ⓘ
Andrea d’Agnolo di Francesco → describedIn → Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects by Giorgio Vasari ⓘ
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Doni Tondo → describedBySource → Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists ⓘ
subject linked to: Doni Tondo by Michelangelo
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Piero di Cosimo → describedIn → Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists ⓘ
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Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects → originalTitle → Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori ⓘ
linked to: Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects