The delight of art Giorgio Vasari and the traditions of humanist discourse

• Main Author: Cast, David (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: University Park, Pa Pennsylvania State University Press 2009
• Subjects: Vasari, Giorgio > 1511-1574; Τέχνη > Κοινωνία > Ευρώπη; Τέχνη > Εκτίμηση > Ευρώπη; Τέχνη, Αναγεννησιακή; Ανθρωπισμός στην τέχνη
• Item Description: "A study based on the text, the Lives the Artists, by Giorgio Vasari. Discusses how the visual arts in the Renaissance were an occasion for delight or pleasure. Argues that such an attention was encouraged by certain social and intellectual practices"
• Physical Description: xx, 230 p. ill. 27 cm.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780271034423