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
linked to: Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
Western art hasCanonicalText Giorgio Vasari’s "Lives of the Artists"
linked to: Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
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
linked to: Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
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
linked to: Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
Doni Tondo describedBySource Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists
subject linked to: Doni Tondo by Michelangelo
linked to: Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
Piero di Cosimo describedIn Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists
linked to: Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
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