Vasari's Words
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The 'Lives of the Artists' as a History of Ideas in the Italian Renaissance
Douglas Biow
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In this book, Douglas Biow analyzes Vasari's Lives of the Artists - often considered the first great work of art history in the modern era - from a new perspective. He focuses on key words and shows how they address a variety of compelling, culturally determined ideas circulating in late Renaissance Italy. The keywords chosen for this study investigate five seemingly divergent, yet still interconnected, ideas. What does it mean to have a 'profession', professione, and possess 'genius', ingegno, in the visual arts? How is 'speed', prestezza, valued among visual artists of the period and how is 'time', tempo, conceptualized in Vasari's narrative and descriptions of visual art? Finally, how is the 'night', notte, conceived and visually represented as a distinct span of time in The Lives? Written in an engaging manner for specialists and non-specialists alike, Vasari's Words places the Lives - a truly foundational and innovative book of Western culture - within the context of the modern discipline of intellectual history.
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'This brisk, engaging, and critically engaged study reveals a Vasari we probably suspected was there, but now is seen to have been writing himself.'
Paul Baxa Source: European History Quarterly
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Vasari’s Wordspp i-ii
The Lives of the Artists as a History of Ideas in the Italian Renaissance
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Vasari’s Words - Title pagepp iii-iii
The Lives of the Artists as a History of Ideas in the Italian Renaissance
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Copyright pagepp iv-iv
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Dedicationpp v-v
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Epigraphpp vi-vi
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Contentspp vii-vii
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Illustrationspp viii-x
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Select Preface
Prefacepp xi-xviii
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Select Acknowledgments
Acknowledgmentspp xix-xx
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Select Notes on Translation
Notes on Translationpp xxi-xxii
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Select Introduction
Introductionpp 1-26
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Select 1 - <span class='italic'>Professione</span>/Profession
1 - Professione/Professionpp 27-50
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Select 2 - <span class='italic'>Ingegno</span>/Genius
2 - Ingegno/Geniuspp 51-79
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Select 3 - <span class='italic'>Prestezza</span>/Speed
3 - Prestezza/Speedpp 80-108
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Select 4 - <span class='italic'>Tempo</span>/Time
4 - Tempo/Timepp 109-140
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Select 5 - <span class='italic'>Notte</span>/Night
5 - Notte/Nightpp 141-175
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Select Conclusion
Conclusionpp 176-180
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Select Notes
Notespp 181-212
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Select Bibliography
Bibliographypp 213-234
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Select Index
Indexpp 235-238
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