Download or read book Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 4 written by Giorgio Vasari and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Vol. 4: Translated From the Italian of Giorgio Vasari How many great and illustrious princes, richly abounding in the goods of fortune, would leave an enduring glory attached to their names, if, together with the distinction of riches and station, they had also received minds attuned to greatness and disposed to such pursuits as not only tend to promote the embellishment of the world, but are likewise capable of securing infinite advantage and perpetual enjoyment to the whole human race! But what can, or should great men and princes do the most effectually to profit by the various endowments of those who serve them, and to maintain the memories of such men and of themselves in perpetual duration, if not to erect great and magnificent edifices? For what, of all the vast outlay made by the ancient Romans when at the topmost summit of their glory, what other has remained to us, upholding the eternal splendour of the Roman name, what but those relics of buildings which we honour almost as something holy, and labour incessantly to imitate as the sole erections really beautiful? And to what extent the minds of certain princes who were ruling in the days of the Florentine architect Antonio da San Gallo were disposed to these things, will be clearly seen in the life of that master which we are now about to write. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by Giorgio Vasari and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-02 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Vol. 2 Ghiberti had alread completed the north door, and was then working at that which was pla opposite to the cathedral. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Lives of Seventy of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 3 Classic Reprint written by Giorgio Vasari and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives of Seventy of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 3 Fin de la Renaissance, p. 600, contradicts Morelli's statement that Giorgione could not have known Leonardo's works. He adduces the following facts I. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects written by Giorgio Vasari and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-12 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects by Giorgio Vasari TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND MOST EXCELLENT SIGNOR COSIMO DE' MEDICI, DUKE OF FLORENCE AND SIENA MY MOST HONOURED LORD, Behold, seventeen years since I first presented to your most Illustrious Excellency the Lives, sketched so to speak, of the most famous painters, sculptors and architects, they come before you again, not indeed wholly finished, but so much changed from what they were and in such wise adorned and enriched with innumerable works, whereof up to that time I had been able to gain no further knowledge, that from my endeavour and in so far as in me lies nothing more can be looked for in them. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Download or read book Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 5 of 5 written by Mrs. Jonathan Foster and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Vol. 5 of 5: Translated From the Italian of Giorgio Vasari, With Notes and Illustrations, Chiefly Selected Form German and Italian Commetators Of David and Benedetto Ghirlandajo, Vasari has already made men tion In the Life of Domenico their brother, for which see vol. Ii. Of the present work, p. 200, cl seq. Vol. V. Idleness, and the other spent his time in vainly racking his brains about mosaics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 5 of 10 Classic Reprint written by Giorgio Vasari and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 5 of 10 Maini, likewise a sculptor of Fiesole; which Michele made the S. Sebastian of marble in the Minerva at Rome, which was so much praised in those days. Andrea, then, having been summoned to work at Imola, built a chapel of grey-stone, which was much extolled, in the Innocenti in that city. After that work, he went to Naples at the invitation of Antonio di Giorgio of Settignano, a very eminent engineer, and architect to King Ferrante, with whom Antonio was in such credit, that he had charge not only of all the buildings in that kingdom, but also of all the most im portant affairs of State. On arriving in Naples, Andrea was set to work, and he executed many things for that King in the Castello di San Martino and in other parts of that city. Now Antonio died; and after the King had caused him to be buried with obsequies suited rather to a royal person than to an architect, and with twenty pairs of mourners following him to the grave, Andrea, recognizing that this was no country for him, departed from Naples and made his way back to Rome, where he stayed for some time, attending to the studies of his art, and also to some work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 2 written by Giorgio Vasari and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Vol. 2: Translated From the Italian Ghiberti had already completed the north door, and was then working at that which was placed opposite to the cathedral. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Lives of Seventy of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 1 written by Giorgio Vasari and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-04 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives of Seventy of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 1: Edited and Annotated in the Light of Recent Discoveries Vasari's lives are the most important contribution ever made to the history of Italian art, and no annotated Eng lish edition of them has appeared since the year 1850. This in itself is excuse enough for the present work. In 1885 a single volume of notes, by Dr. Richter, was added to the five-volume edition of Mrs. Foster's translation. But as these notes covered the entire series of Lives, necessarily but a modicum of the results of modern methods of study and research could be covered by them. The editors of the present edition have preferred to choose among biog raphies rather than to limit the number of the notes, be lieving that a relatively complete annotation of the most im portant Lives was desirable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 3 of 10 Classic Reprint written by Giorgio Vasari and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 3 of 10 IF Pope Eugenigs_ly, when be resolved to make the bronze door for S. Pietro in Rome, had used diligence in seeking for men of excellence to execute that work (and he would easily have been able to find them at that time, when Filippo di Ser Brunellesco, Donatello, and other rare craftsmen were alive), it would not have been carried out in the deplorable manner which it reveals to us in our own day. But perchance the same thing happened to him that is very Often wont to happen to the greater number of Princes, who either have no understanding of such works or take very little delight in them. Now, if they were to consider how important it is to Show preference to men of excellence in public works, by reason of the fame that comes from these, _ it is certain that neither they nor their ministers would be so negligent for the reason that he who encumbers himself with poor and inept craftsmen ensures but a short life to his works or his fame, not to mention that injury is done to the public interest and to the age in which he was born, for it is firmly believed by all who come after, that, if there had been better masters to be found in that age, the Prince would have availed himself irather of them than of the inept and vulgar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 6 written by Giorgio Vasari and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 6: Translated From the Italian; Commentary, Containing Notes and Emendations From the Italian Edition of Milanesi and Other Sources P. 36? This picture is now in the National Gallery, London (no. It is probably by the hand of some follower of Cimabue's. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 8 of 10 written by Giorgio Vasari and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 8 of 10: Bastiano to Taddeo Zucchero, 1914 When Pietro Perugino, by that time an Old man, was painting the altar-piece Of the high-altar Of the Servites at Florence, a nephew of Giuliano and Antonio da San Gallo, called Bastiano, was placed with him to learn the art of painting. But the boy had not been long with Perugino, when he saw the manner of Michelagnolo in the cartoon for the Hall, Of which we have already spoken so many times, in the house of the Medici, and was so struck with admiration, that he would not return any more to Pietro's workshop, considering that his manner, beside that of Buonarroti, was dry, petty, and by no means worthy to be imitated. And since, among those who used to go to paint that cartoon, which was for a time the school of all who wished to attend to painting, the most able of all was held to be Ridolfo Ghirlandajo, Bastiano chose him as his companion, in order to learn colouring from him, and so they became fast friends. But not ceasing therefore to give his attention to that cartoon and to work at those nudes, Bastiano Copied all together in a little cartoon the whole composition Of that mass of figures, which not one of all those who had worked at it had ever drawn as a whole. And Since he applied himself to it with all the earnestness that was in him, it proved that he was afterwards able on any occasion to render an account of the attitudes, muscles, and movements of those figures, and of the reasons that had caused Buonarroti to depict certain difficult postures; in doing which he would speak slowly and sententiously, with great gravity, so that a company of able craftsmen gave him the name Of Aristotile, which, moreover, sat upon him all the better because it appeared that according to an ancient portrait of that supreme philosopher and confidant of Nature, Bastiano much resembled him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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