Vasari's Life And lives : The First Art Historian
first edition Hardcover
1963 · London
by Rud, Einar
London: Thames & Hudson, 1963. First English Edition. Hardcover. A very nice, clean, tight copy, BUT the frontis page is detached and laid in. Covers look as new.. Terracotta cloth/boards; gil T&H insignia on cover and lettering on spine. Missing dust jacket. 184 pp. with bw frontis and 80 bw illustrations. Einar Rud (1892 - c.1980) was the first to view Vasari as an art historian and writer. Vasari's intellectual curiousity, enthusiasm and artistic ability made it possible for him to put forth a new perspective on art. This art expresses a concern for success, a fascination for the antique, and a delight for virtuosity depicted in his religious and secular paintings, and is also revealed in his writings. Vasari's humanistic role combines the examination of artistic pursuit and practical undertakings with intellectual and cultural endeaors, thus establishing the path of the art historian. - from a newer publication of the title by New Academia. Our copy translated from the original Danish by Reginald Spink. (Inventory #: 162650)