Art without an author
Vasari's Lives and Michelangelo's death
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2011 - Fordham University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
64,250 words, Guess
Page Count
257 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24808890M
- ISBN-139780823234554
- OCLC Control Number692292475
- Library of Congress Control Number2011006056
Classifications
- DDC709.2/245
- LCCN6923.V32 R84 2011
Alternate Titles
- Vasari's Lives and Michelangelo's death
Description
"Why is the history of art so often construed as a history of artists, when its alleged focus is art? This book responds to this question by examining Giorgio Vasari's Lives and the artist it features most centrally, Michelangelo. More than any other artist in the Lives, Michelangelo exemplifies art as an expression of the individual. Yet at the same time, as this book aims to show, the Lives fashions Michelangelo as the founder of a new academic era in which art develops collectively as a discipline. Paradoxically, Vasari's celebration of Michelangelo mobilizes a conception of art as teachable and transmissible that is antithetical to Michelangelo's aesthetic ideals and unique style."--P. [4] of cover.
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