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Giorgio Vasari's teachers; sacred and profane art.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Giorgio Vasari's teachers; sacred and profane art.

Cheney, Liana de Girolami.

Peter Lang Publishing Inc

2007

392 pages

$42.95

Paperback

ND623

Cheney (art history, U. of Massachusetts-Lowell) examines the artistic, cultural, and historical influence that his teachers, mentors, and patrons had on the work of Florentine painter, architect, and writer Vasari (1511-74). Among the influences she finds are Dante's literary writings, Marsilio Ficinio's Neoplatonic philosophy, and Niccolo Machiavelli's political views.

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