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The Delight of Art

Name: The Delight of Art
Brand: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9780271034423
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PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9780271034423

Giorgio Vasari and the Traditions of Humanist Discourse

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By David Cast
Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: October 14, 2009
Format: HARDBACK
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Pages: 272

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A study based on the text, the Lives of the Artists, by Giorgio Vasari. Discusses how the visual arts in the Renaisssance were an occasion for delight or pleasure. Argues that such an attention was encouraged by certain social and intellectual practices.

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Defining the Terms

2. Talking of Art

3. Thinking About History

4. Describing the Artist

Appendix: The Evening Discussion

Notes

Selected Bibliography

“For those interested in the aesthetic response to art of the Renaissance, The Delight of Art: Giorgio Vasari and the Traditions of Humanist Discourse may be the perfect text.”

—Annemarie Sawkins, Sixteenth Century Journal

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