Project Gutenberg 2008-06-11 Public domain in the USA. 398 Vasari, Giorgio 1511 1574 De Vere, Gaston du C. Vere, Gaston du C. de Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 02 (of 10) Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi Reading ease score: 46.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Mark C. Orton, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 02 (of 10)" by Giorgio Vasari is a historical account written in the early 16th century. This work serves as a biographical compilation of notable artists, primarily from the Italian Renaissance, focusing on their lives, artistic contributions, and the cultural context of their time. Vasari aims to celebrate artists like Berna, Duccio, and Antonio Viniziano while reflecting on the impacts of their as well as other notable figures in the fine arts. The opening of this volume introduces a slew of artists, commencing with Berna, a painter from Siena, whose early death cut short a promising career, yet left behind significant works. Vasari vividly describes Berna’s contributions, detailing specific paintings and their emotional impact on viewers, and includes notes on Duccio who is recognized for elevating marble work to new heights. The narrative continues to explore the lives of various other artists, outlining their unique styles and major works, and the unfortunate fates that often befell them, such as untimely deaths or losses due to wars and disasters, thus setting the stage for a deeper exploration of Renaissance artistry and legacy throughout the rest of the volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Artists -- Italy -- Biography Art, Italian N Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Biographies 636286 635982 2024-10-11T07:00:44.753535 2023-09-11T09:55:20.300368 text/html text/html 618344 2008-06-11T06:40:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 6738419 2008-06-11T06:41:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 7111529 2024-10-11T07:01:04.502460 application/epub+zip 7094875 2024-10-11T07:00:50.735498 application/epub+zip 278476 2024-10-11T07:00:48.131502 application/epub+zip 7437805 2024-10-11T07:01:14.150387 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7337804 2024-10-11T07:01:00.410543 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387468 2022-09-12T06:00:52.856383 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 515809 515581 2024-10-11T07:00:42.826542 2023-09-11T09:55:18.729377 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 515525 2008-06-11T06:40:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 183118 2008-06-11T06:41:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 515534 2008-06-11T06:40:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 182999 2008-06-11T06:41:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21939 2024-10-11T07:01:14.364365 application/rdf+xml 25569 2024-10-11T07:00:48.773502 image/jpeg 4720 2024-10-11T07:00:48.455516 image/jpeg 6918097 2024-10-11T07:00:45.063513 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia