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Giorgio Vasari: The Book of Drawings. The Fate of a Mythical Collection
Frank, Louis, and Carina Fryklund: Giorgio Vasari: The Book of Drawings. The Fate of a Mythical Collection. Exhibition: Paris, Musée du Louvre and Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, 2022. 240 pages, over 100 colour and black and white illustrations. Paperback. 25 x 20cms. A study and recreation of Giorgio Vasari's 'Libro de' disegni', his lost collection of drawings accompanying his 'Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects'. Ten essays discuss the historiography of Vasari's lost book of drawings, his classification system, the collection's dispersal, figures like Niccolo di Sinibaldo Gaddi, and includes a technical analysis of extant mounts. Appendices include excerpts from Vasari's 'Lives' written in Italian.
A study and recreation of Giorgio Vasaris 'Libro de disegni', his lost collection of drawings accompanying his Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects. Ten essays discuss the historiography of Vasaris lost book of drawings, his classification system, the collections dispersal, figures like Niccolo di Sinibaldo Gaddi, and includes a technical analysis of extant mounts. Appendices include excerpts from Vasaris Lives written in Italian. Text in English
