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The life of Leonardo da Vinci
- Title
- The life of Leonardo da Vinci / by Giorgio Vasari ; edited by Martin Kemp ; translated by Martin Kemp and Lucy Russell.
- Author
- Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574
- Publication
- New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2019.
- ©2019
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQC 19-42 | Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300 |
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- Description
- 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 20 cm
- Summary
- A long-awaited new translation of Giorgio Vasari's "Life of Leonardo da Vinci," illustrated for the first time, that preserves Vasari's compelling narrative and respects his meaning with a new precision. Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (1550 and 1568) is a classic of cultural history. In his monumental assembly of artists' lives, no life is more vivid than that of Leonardo da Vinci, a near-contemporary of Vasari. Illustrated with the works of art discussed by Vasari, and including a selection of Da Vinci's studies of science and technology, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci paints an intriguing picture of the progress of art in the hands of the master. Succinct notes also provide new insights in light of modern knowledge of Da Vinci's career. This beautiful gift edition offers a literary translation by eminent scholar Martin Kemp that respects the sixteenth-century Italian, transposing Vasari's vocabulary into its modern equivalent. Translated in partnership with Lucy Russell, the text will be the first to integrate the 1550 edition and the expanded version of 1568. This fascinating and accessible read coincides with the five hundredth anniversary of Da Vinci's death.
- Uniform Title
- Vita di Lionardo da Vinci pittore et scultore florentino. English
- Alternative Title
- Vita di Lionardo da Vinci pittore et scultore florentino.
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Note
- Translated from the Italian.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-122) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Vasari's Lives and the Life of Leonardo -- Note to this edition and translation -- The life of Leonardo Da Vinci, Florentine painter and sculptor by Giorgio Vasari -- Leonardo's life: Key dates and works.
- Call Number
- JQC 19-42
- ISBN
- 9780500239858
- 0500239851
- LCCN
- 2018945044
- OCLC
- 1079261129
- Author
- Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574, author.
- Title
- The life of Leonardo da Vinci / by Giorgio Vasari ; edited by Martin Kemp ; translated by Martin Kemp and Lucy Russell.
- Publisher
- New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-122) and index.
- Added Author
- Kemp, Martin, editor, translator.Russell, Lucy Emma Victoria, 1989- translator.
- Research Call Number
- JQC 19-42