The Lives of the Modern Painters, Sculptors and Architects
A New Translation and Critical Edition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16345753 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giovan Pietro Bellori (corresponding author), Alice Sedgwick Wohl, Anthony Colantuono (Académie Nationale de Médecine) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 141-143 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance and Reformation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-429X • E-ISSN: 2293-7374 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Libraries - UOTL (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33137/rr.v30i2.9584 |
| OpenAlex | W2737194115 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In 1672, Bellori published a collection of biographies of the twelve artists whom he deemed the greatest to have appeared since the second (1568) edition of Giorgio Vasari's Vite. Titled Le vite de' pitt ori, scultori e architett i moderni, Bellori's text is informed not only by his direct access to contemporary artists and art collectors, and his extensive knowledge of the theory and practice of art, but also by the scholarly rigor with which he approached his biographical project. Indeed, specialists have long prized Bellori's text as the most reliable contemporary source for factual data concerning seventeenth-century Italian artists and their works, and an equally reliable resource for understanding the art-theoretical and critical issues of the period
Art · Art history · Biology · Painting · Translation (biology · Visual arts · Architecture and Art History Studies · Architecture, Modernity, and Design
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |