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This book explores the rich literary character and rhetorical
strategies of Giorgio Vasari's "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters,
Sculptors, and Architects," which tells the story of Italian art as
it unfolded from its beginnings in the Trecento to its pinnacle in
Michelangelo and the art of the Academy in the mid-sixteenth
century. The contributors propose ways to read Vasari's text in the
light of recent disputes over what is fact, fiction, or biography,
and who may have read Vasari's editions when they were first
published. The essays isolate and analyze select threads from
Vasari's luxurious textual tapestry: these range from architecture,
cosmology and philosophy to biography, comedy, elegy and
travelogue. In doing so, the authors have built upon ideas proposed
in recent studies of the "Lives," including important works by Paul
Barolsky and Patricia Rubin.
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