Description: Vasari's Words by Douglas Biow This book explores through keywords how Vasaris Lives is designed to address from beginning to end a variety of compelling ideas circulating in Renaissance Italy. Written in an entertaining, down-to-earth manner for specialists and non-specialists, it places the Lives within the context of the modern discipline of intellectual history. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this book, Douglas Biow analyzes Vasaris 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 Vasaris 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, Vasaris Words places the Lives - a truly foundational and innovative book of Western culture - within the context of the modern discipline of intellectual history. Author Biography Douglas Biow is the Superior Oil Company-Linward Shivers Centennial Professor in Medieval and Renaissance Studies and Director of the Center for European Studies at The University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of five prior books, including most recently The Culture of Cleanliness in Renaissance Italy (2006), In Your Face: Professional Improprieties and the Art of Being Conspicuous (2010), and On the Importance of Being an Individual: Men, Their Professions, and Their Beards (2015). He has been the recipient of a number of scholarly awards, including NEH, Delmas, and Guggenheim Fellowship. Table of Contents 1. Professione/profession; 2. Ingegno/genius; 3. Prestezza/speed; 4. Tempo/time. Review 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, European History Quarterly Promotional Explores through keywords how Vasaris Lives is designed to address a variety of compelling, culturally determined ideas. Review Quote 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, European History Quarterly Promotional "Headline" Explores through keywords how Vasaris Lives is designed to address a variety of compelling, culturally determined ideas. Description for Bookstore This book explores through keywords how Vasaris Lives is designed to address from beginning to end a variety of compelling ideas circulating in Renaissance Italy. Written in an entertaining, down-to-earth manner for specialists and non-specialists, it places the Lives within the context of the modern discipline of intellectual history. Description for Library This book explores through keywords how Vasaris Lives is designed to address from beginning to end a variety of compelling ideas circulating in Renaissance Italy. Written in an entertaining, down-to-earth manner for specialists and non-specialists, it places the Lives within the context of the modern discipline of intellectual history. Details ISBN1108472052 Author Douglas Biow Publisher Cambridge University Press ISBN-10 1108472052 ISBN-13 9781108472050 Format Hardcover Media Book Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle The Lives of the Artists as a History of Ideas in the Italian Renaissance Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Affiliation University of Texas, Austin DEWEY 709.45 Pages 256 Year 2018 Publication Date 2018-10-18 Short Title Vasaris Words Language English UK Release Date 2018-10-18 AU Release Date 2018-10-18 NZ Release Date 2018-10-18 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 41 Halftones, black and white Alternative 9781108641227 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:148433024;
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Book Title: Vasari's Words: the 'lives of the Artists' As a History of Ideas in the Italian Renaissance
Item Height: 235mm
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Author: Douglas Biow
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Literature
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2018
Item Weight: 560g
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
