Vasari's Florence :  artists and literati at the Medicean Court / 
edited by Philip Jacks. 
 - Cambridge ;  New York, NY, USA :  Cambridge University Press,  1998. 
 - xvi, 320 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-313) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction /  Giorgio Vasari and the paragons of art /  Trick of art /  Representation, misrepresentation, and non-representation: Vasari and his competitors /  Sprezzatura, patronage, and fate: Benvenuto Cellini and the world of words /  Vasari on the practical /  Modes and models in Vasari's early drawing oeuvre /  Vasari's attitude toward collecting /  Vasari art collection /  Philip Jacks --  John Shearman --  Paul Barolsky --  Elizabeth Pilliod --  Paolo L. Rossi --  David Cast --  Florian Harb --  Catherine Monbeig Goguel --  Creighton Gilbert.  Giorgio Vasari's collection of paintings: its provenance and its fate /  Sala Grande in the Palazzo Vecchio and the precedence controversy between Florence and Ferrara /  Vasari's painting of the Terzo Cerchio in the Palazzo Vecchio: a reconstruction of medieval Florence /  Circles of sovereignty: the tondi of the Sala Grande in the Palazzo Vecchio and the Medici Crown /  Papal history and historical invenzione: Vasari's frescoes in the Sala Regia /  Alessandro Cecchi --  Robert Williams --  Rick Scorza --  Henk Th. Van Veen --  Jan L. De Jong.  Vasari's last paintings: the Cupola of Florence Cathedral /  Cristina Acidini Luchinat. 
<br/><br/> Vasari's Florence explores the multifaceted career of Giorgio Vasari - painter, architect, artistic impresario, collector, and author of Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, a text that stands at the foundation of art-historical writing up to the present. Born in Arezzo, Vasari became the adopted son of Florence, where he served Cosimo I for twenty years. The ducal court provided the setting for artists and literati to collaborate, while the commissioning of historical cycles served to further the political agenda of the Medici principate.  The essays in this volume examine Vasari's working relationship with his advisor, Vincenzo Borghini, from the decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio and the Sala Regia at the Vatican, to the master's last and greatest challenge, the cupola of Florence cathedral. Also offered are new insights into Vasari's writings - how Vasari constructed the Lives of his contemporaries to suit his objectives as an artist in his own right, and how his views have conditioned our understanding of Renaissance art. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521580889 (hardback) 9780521580885 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96046902  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB98-36170 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574 --Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Medici, House of--Art patronage.<br/>Medici (Family)--Art patronage.<br/>Vasari, Giorgio, (1511-1574) --Critique et interprétation.<br/>Médicis (famille de)--Mécénat.<br/>Medici (Familie)<br/>Vasari, Giorgio.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>Geschichte 1529-1574. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art, Renaissance--Italy--Florence.<br/>Art, Italian--Italy--Florence.<br/>Hofcultuur.<br/>Art de la Renaissance--Italie--Florence (Italie)<br/>Art--Italie--Italie--Florence (Italie)<br/>Aufsatzsammlung.<br/>Kunst.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Florenz.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>N6923.V32  / V37 1998 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>709/.2