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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 09 (of 10) / Michelagnolo to the Flemings

Giorgio Vasari

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  • Book language: English
  • 272 pages

Volume nine of Vasari's well-known series of artist biographies, running from Michelangelo to the Flemish painters. It presents lives of painters, sculptors and architects, tracing Renaissance art through anecdotes and the author's judgments. Worth listening as a classic account of artists and their world.

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LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT

PAINTERS SCULPTORS &

ARCHITECTS

BY

GIORGIO VASARI:

VOLUME IX.

MICHELAGNOLO TO THE FLEMINGS 1915
NEWLY TRANSLATED BY GASTON Du C. DE VERE. WITH FIVE
HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS: IN TEN VOLUMES
Title page
PHILIP LEE WARNER,
PUBLISHER TO THE MEDICI SOCIETY, LIMITED
7 GRAFTON ST. LONDON, W. 1912-14
CONTENTS OF VOLUME IX
PAGE
1
MICHELAGNOLO BUONARROTI
FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO
143
TIZIANO DA CADORE
157
JACOPO SANSOVINO
185
LEONE LIONI OF AREZZO
227
DON GIULIO CLOVIO
243
DIVERS ITALIAN CRAFTSMEN STILL LIVING
255
DIVERS FLEMINGS
263
273
INDEX OF NAMES
ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME IX

PLATES IN COLOUR
MƗŕƒŧƯĵƄƿLjƯLj
BǼLjƿĵǡǡLjǵƗ
The Holy Family
Florence: Uffizi,
1,239
4
TƗΖƗĵƿLj Šĵ CĵŠLjǡŧ
The Madonna of the
Cherries
Vienna: Imperial
Gallery, 180
158
TƗΖƗĵƿLj Dĵ CĵŠLjǡŧ
Sacred and Profane
Love
Rome: Borghese
Gallery, 147
164
TƗΖƗĵƿLj Šĵ CĵŠLjǡŧ
The Duke of
Norfolk
Florence: Pitti, 92
168
TƗΖƗĵƿLj Šĵ CĵŠLjǡŧ
The Education of
Cupid
Rome: Borghese
Gallery, 170
176
PĵǡƗǪ BLjǡŠLjƿŧ
The Venetian
Lovers
Milan: Brera, 105
178
PLATES IN MONOCHROME
MƗŕƒŧƯĵƄƿLjƯLj
BǼLjƿĵǡǡLjǵƗ
The Battle of the
Centaurs
Florence: Museo
Buonarroti
8
MƗŕƒŧƯĵƄƿLjƯLj
BǼLjƿĵǡǡLjǵƗ
The Angel with the
Candlestick
Bologna: S. Domenico
10
MƗŕƒŧƯĵƄƿLjƯLj
BǼLjƿĵǡǡLjǵƗ
Bacchus
Florence: Museo
Nazionale
12
MƗŕƒŧƯĵƄƿLjƯLj
BǼLjƿĵǡǡLjǵƗ
Pietà
Rome: S. Peter's
14
MƗŕƒŧƯĵƄƿLjƯLj
BǼLjƿĵǡǡLjǵƗ
Wax Models for the
David
Florence: Museo
Buonarroti
16
MƗŕƒŧƯĵƄƿLjƯLj
BǼLjƿĵǡǡLjǵƗ
Madonna, Child,
and S. John
Florence: Museo
Nazionale
18
MƗŕƒŧƯĵƄƿLjƯLj
BǼLjƿĵǡǡLjǵƗ
Young Captive
Paris: Louvre
20
MƗŕƒŧƯĵƄƿLjƯLj
BǼLjƿĵǡǡLjǵƗ
Victory
Florence: Museo
Nazionale
22
MƗŕƒŧƯĵƄƿLjƯLj
BǼLjƿĵǡǡLjǵƗ
Moses
Rome: S. Pietro in
Vincoli
24

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Contents

  1. E-text prepared by Mark C. Orton, Christine P. Travers, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (
  2. LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT PAINTERS SCULPTORS & ARCHITECTS
  3. NEWLY TRANSLATED BY GASTON Du C. DE VERE. WITH FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS: IN TEN VOLUMES
  4. CONTENTS OF VOLUME IX
  5. ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME IX
  6. MICHELAGNOLO BUONARROTI
  7. LIFE OF MICHELAGNOLO BUONARROTI PAINTER, SCULPTOR, AND ARCHITECT OF FLORENCE
  8. FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO
  9. DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKS OF FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO PAINTER AND ARCHITECT OF BOLOGNA, AND ABBOT OF S. MARTIN
  10. TIZIANO DA CADORE
  11. DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKS OF TIZIANO DA CADORE PAINTER
  12. JACOPO SANSOVINO
  13. DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKS OF JACOPO SANSOVINO[10] SCULPTOR OF FLORENCE
  14. LEONE LIONI OF AREZZO
  15. OF LEONE LIONI OF AREZZO, AND OTHER SCULPTORS AND ARCHITECTS
  16. DON GIULIO CLOVIO
  17. OF DON GIULIO CLOVIO MINIATURIST
  18. DIVERS ITALIAN CRAFTSMEN
  19. OF DIVERS ITALIAN CRAFTSMEN STILL LIVING
  20. DIVERS FLEMINGS
  21. OF DIVERS FLEMINGS
  22. INDEX OF NAMES OF THE CRAFTSMEN MENTIONED IN VOLUME IX
  23. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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