FAH337H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Giorgio Vasari, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli
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Giorgio vasari life of michelangelo in the lives of painters, sculptors and architects, Describes michelangelo in this sense: michelangelo has bested all artists from. Roman antiquity; he has transcended and eclipsed all of them. Vasari is practically mythologizing michelangelo as he speaks. Not only should an artist do outdo his brother or own father but he should also outdo himself. Culture develops from florentine context to a venetian context. Most florentine artists going to rome -> set in rome. Rivalry among these artists: botticelli, pietro perugino, domenico ghirlandaio, 4 different artists who have to showcase themselves but still make their work look coherent to one another. Stories from the lives of the artists; anecdotes we get from vasari. Painting: botticelli, calumny of apelles, florentine, uffizi: what a very famous antiquity painting looks like that deals with the theme envy and slander. In a way painting and sculpture interact and compete.
