Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects - Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi

Giorgio Vasari

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Lives of the Most Eminent PaintersSculptors and Architects, by Giorgio VasariThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and ArchitectsVolume 1, Cimabue to Agnolo GaddiAuthor: Giorgio VasariTranslator: Gaston du C. de VereRelease Date: May 5, 2008 [EBook #25326]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LIVES OF MOST EMINENT PAINTERS ***Produced by Mark C. Orton and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file wasproduced from images generously made available by TheInternet Archive/Canadian Libraries)LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT PAINTERSSCULPTORS & ARCHITECTS1912BY GIORGIO VASARI:NEWLY TRANSLATED BY GASTON Du C. DE VERE. WITH FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS: IN TENVOLUMESLONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO. LD.& THE MEDICI SOCIETY, LD. 1912-14CONTENTS OF VOLUME I PAGETRANSLATOR'S PREFACE TO THIS EDITION xiDEDICATIONS TO COSIMO DE' MEDICIEDITION OF 1550 xiiiEDITION OF 1568 xviiIMPRIMATUR OF POPE PIUS V xxiTHE AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE WHOLE WORK xxiiiTHE AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE LIVES xxxviiGIOVANNI CIMABUE 1ARNOLFO DI LAPO 11NICCOLA AND GIOVANNI OF PISA [NICCOLA PISANO: GIOVANNI PISANO] 27ANDREA TAFI 45GADDO GADDI 53MARGARITONE ...

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Sculptors and Architects, by Giorgio Vasari
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almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,
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Title: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors
and Architects
Volume 1, Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi
Author: Giorgio Vasari
Translator: Gaston du C. de Vere
Release Date: May 5, 2008 [EBook #25326]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK
LIVES OF MOST EMINENT PAINTERS ***Produced by Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file
was
produced from images generously made available by
The
Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
LIVES OF THE MOST
EMINENT PAINTERS
SCULPTORS &
ARCHITECTS
1912
BY GIORGIO VASARI:
NEWLY TRANSLATED BY GASTON Du C. DE
VERE. WITH FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS: IN
TEN VOLUMES
LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO. LD.
& THE MEDICI SOCIETY, LD. 1912-14CONTENTS OF VOLUME I
PA
G
E
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE TO THIS EDI
xi
TION
DEDICATIONS TO COSIMO DE' MEDICI
EDITION OF 1550 xiii
EDITION OF 1568 xvii
IMPRIMATUR OF POPE PIUS V xxi
THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE WHO xxii
LE WORK i
THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE LIVE xx
S xvii
GIOVANNI CIMABUE 1
ARNOLFO DI LAPO 11
NICCOLA AND GIOVANNI OF PISA [NIC
27
COLA PISANO: GIOVANNI PISANO]
ANDREA TAFI 45
GADDO GADDI 53
MARGARITONE 61
GIOTTO 69
AGOSTINO AND AGNOLO OF SIENA 95
STEFANO AND UGOLINO SANESE [UG 10
OLINO DA SIENA] 7
PIETRO LAURATI [PIETRO LORENZETT 11
I] 5
1212
ANDREA PISANO
1
13
BUONAMICO BUFFALMACCO
3
15
AMBROGIO LORENZETTI
3
15
PIETRO CAVALLINI
9
SIMONE SANESE [SIMONE MEMMI OR 16
MARTINI] 5
17
TADDEO GADDI
5
18
ANDREA DI CIONE ORCAGNA
7
20
TOMMASO, CALLED GIOTTINO
1
20
GIOVANNI DAL PONTE
9
21
AGNOLO GADDI
5
22
INDEX OF NAMES
5
ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME I
PLATES IN COLOUR
Cimabu Florence: Acc 1
Madonna and Child
e ademia, 102 0
Florence: Acc 8
Giotto Madonna and Child
ademia, 103 2Madonna and Child, 1
Pietro L Assisi: Lower
with SS. Francis an 1
aurati Church
d John 8
Ambrogi Madonna and Child, 1
Siena: Pinacot
o Loren with SS. Mary Magd 5
eca, 77
zetti alen and Dorothy 6
Assisi: Lower 1
Simone The Knighting of S.
Church, Chap 6
Sanese Martin
el of S. Martin 8
Berlin: Kaiser 1
Lippo M
Madonna and Child Friedrich Mus 7
emmi
eum, 1081A 2
1
Taddeo The Presentation in Florence: Acc
8
Gaddi the Temple ademia, 107
2
Andrea
Florence: S. 1
di Cione
Christ Enthroned Maria Novella, 9
Orcagn
Strozzi Chapel 2
a
2
The Descent from t Florence: Uffiz
Giottino 0
he Cross i, 27
6
PLATES IN MONOCHROME
Cimabu Madonna and Chil Paris: Louvre, 1
2
e d and Angels 260
Roman Assisi: Upper C
Isaac's Blessing 6
School hurch
Roman The Deposition fro Assisi: Upper C
6
School m the Cross hurch
Cimabu Assisi: Upper C
The Crucifixion 8The Crucifixion 8
e hurch
Arnolfo
di Lapo Reclining Female F Collection Bardi 1
(School igure from a Tomb ni 8
of)
Arnolfo
di Lapo Viterbo: S. Fran 2
Tomb of Adrian V
(School cesco 4
of)
Niccola Pisa: The Bapti 3
Pulpit
Pisano stery 0
Pisa: Relief fro
Niccola Detail: The Adorati 3
m the Pulpit of t
Pisano on of the Magi 2
he Baptistery
Niccola Detail: The Visitatio Siena: Relief fro 3
Pisano n and The Nativity m the Pulpit 4
Giovan
Siena: Duomo ( 3
ni Pisan Detail: A Sibyl
façade) 8
o
Giovan Pistoia: Relief fr
Detail: The Massac 4
ni Pisan om the Pulpit, S
re of the Innocents 0
o . Andrea
Giovan
Madonna and Chil Padua: Arena C 4
ni Pisan
d hapel 2
o
The Virgin and Chil
Magarit d, with Scenes fro London: N.G., 6
one m the Lives of the 5040 4
Saints
The Death of S. Fr Florence: S. Cr 7
Giotto
ancis oce 0
S. Francis Preachi
Roman Assisi: Upper C 7Roman Assisi: Upper C 7
ng before Pope Ho
School hurch 2
norius III
The Body of S. Fra
Roman ncis before the Ch Assisi: Upper C 7
School urch of S. Damian hurch 4
o
Giotto a
The Raising of Laz Assisi: Lower C 7
nd his P
arus hurch 8
upils
The Flight into Egy Padua: Arena C 8
Giotto
pt hapel 8
Giotto
Assisi: Lower C 9
(School The Crucifixion
hurch 0
of)
Berlin: Kaiser F 1
Ugolino SS. Paul, Peter, an
riedrich Museu 1
Sanese d John the Baptist
m, 1635 2
1
Pietro L The Madonna Enth Arezzo: S. Mari
1
aurati roned a della Pieve
6
1
Pietro L The Deposition fro Assisi: Lower C
2
aurati m the Cross hurch
0
Details: Salome an
Florence: Gate 1
Andrea d The Beheading o
s of the Baptist 2
Pisano f S. John the Bapti
ery 6
st
Florence: Relief 1
Andrea The Creation of M
on the Campani 2
Pisano an
le 8
1
Nino Pis Madonna and Chil Orvieto: Museo
3
ano d dell'Operaano d dell'Opera
0
Ambrog 1
Madonna and Chil Milan: Cagnola
io Loren 5
d Collection
zetti 4
Ambrog Central Panel of P 1
Massa Marittim
io Loren olyptych: Madonna 5
a: Municipio
zetti and Child 8
Detail from The La 1
Pietro C Rome: Convent
st Judgment: Head 6
avallini of S. Cecilia
of an Apostle 2
Detail from The La
1
Pietro C st Judgment: Head Rome: Convent
6
avallini of the Christ in Glo of S. Cecilia
4
ry
Altar-piece: S. Loui 1
Simone Naples: S. Lore
s crowning King Ro 6
Sanese nzo
bert of Naples 6
1
Simone Antwerp: Royal
The Annunciation 7
Sanese Museum, 257-8
0
Altenburg: Lind 1
Lippo M Madonna and Chil
enau Museum, 7
emmi d
43 4
Florence: S. Cr 1
Taddeo
The Last Supper oce, the Refect 7
Gaddi
ory 8
Bernard Detail from The Pa
1
o di Cio radise: Christ with t Florence: S. Ma
9
ne Orca he Virgin Enthrone ria Novella
0
gna d
Andrea Florence: Relief
The Death and Ass 1
di Cione on the Taberna
umption of the Virg 9
Orcagn cle, Or San MicOrcagn cle, Or San Mic
in 4
a hele
Frances 1
S. Thomas Aquina Pisa: S. Caterin
co Train 9
s a
i 8
Giovan 2
Florence: Uffizi,
ni dal P S. Peter Enthroned 1
1292
onte 2
The Marriage of S. 2
Agnolo Philadelphia: J.
Catharine Collectio 1
Gaddi G. Johnson
n 8
Transcriber's Note:
The CORRIGENDA have been applied to this etext.
CORRIGENDA
Page 49, lines 1, 27, for "Apollonius" read "Apollonio."
" 120, line 10, for "which tabernacle is quite round"
read "which tabernacle is in the round."
" 127, lines 11, 12, for "oval spaces" read "mandorle."
" 196, line 18, for "an oval space" read "a mandorla."
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE TO
THIS EDITION
Vasari introduces himself sufficiently in his own
prefaces and introduction; a translator need concern