art, italian

Sixteenth-century painter and architect Giorgio Vasari's classic work of biography, which presents accounts of more than two hundred painters, sculptors, and architects of the Italian Renaissance in generally chronological order from thirteenth-century painter Giovanni Cimabue to Vasari himself. Includes volume indexes of names.

Provides a chronicle of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, looking at the achievements realized in the areas of art, architecture, design, invention, and exploration, which began in Italy and spread throughout Europe.

Contains biographies of ten Renaissance artists, including Donatello, Michelangelo, and da Vinci, providing information about their childhoods, artistic development, techniques, and important works, and including little-known facts about their lives and personalities.

Profiles the lives and works of the most important and innovative Italian Renaissance artists.

A study of medieval Italian art, considering how the works were created, where they were originally displayed, and what messages art patrons hoped to convey.