VASARI, G.: Lives of the Great Artists (The) (Selections)

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Vasari, Giorgio, Author.

Contributor:

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken Word.

Local Subjects:

Spoken Word.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2002.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Preface to The Lives ( 08 min., 02 sec. )

Cimabue c. 1240-1302? (1240-1300) ( 07 min. )

Giotto c. 1267-1377 (1276-1336) ( 09 min., 10 sec. )

'When the Pope had seen these works he was so enchanted...' ( 06 min., 10 sec. )

Andrea Pisano c. 1290-1248/9 ( 07 min., 13 sec. )

Luca Della Robbiia 1399/1400-1482 (1388-?) ( 06 min., 26 sec. )

Paolo Uccello 1396/7-1475 (1350-1432) ( 11 min., 52 sec. )

Lorenzo Ghiberti 1378-1455 ( 05 min., 46 sec. )

'Donatello and Filippo,when they perceived what diligence Lorenzo had devoted to his work...' ( 07 min., 39 sec. )

Masaccio 1401-1428 (?-1443) ( 05 min., 54 sec. )

Filippo Brunelleschi 1377-1446 ( 03 min., 42 sec. )

Brunelleschi:Filippo was born in the year 1377 ( 07 min., 26 sec. )

'On his arrival, the wardens of S. Maria del Fiore...' ( 08 min., 48 sec. )

'It then occurred to Filippo that he would make a model...' ( 07 min., 40 sec. )

'The murmurers had now been silenced...' ( 06 min., 08 sec. )

Donatello 1386?-1466 (1383-1466) ( 11 min., 08 sec. )

Piero della France c. 1410/20-1492 ( 05 min., 25 sec. )

Fra Angelico c. 1410/20-1492 (1387-1455) ( 06 min., 10 sec. )

Antonello da Messina c. 1430-1479 ( 04 min., 57 sec. )

Fra Filippo Lippi c. 1406-1469 (1381-1438) ( 07 min., 24 sec. )

Jacopo, c. 1400-1470/71, Gentile 1429?-1507 and Giovanni Bellini c. 1430/40-1516 ( 08 min., 23 sec. )

Sandro Botticelli 1444/5-1510 (1437-1515) ( 05 min., 55 sec. )

Andrea Verrocchio c. 1435-1488 ( 07 min., 38 sec. )

Andrea Mantegna 1431-1506 (1451-1517) ( 05 min., 16 sec. )

Luca Signorelli 1441?-1523 (1439-1521) ( 04 min., 38 sec. )

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 ( 07 min., 11 sec. )

'He afterwards devoted even greater care to the study of anatomy...' ( 06 min., 08 sec. )

Giorgione 1476/8-1510 (1470-1511) ( 04 min., 25 sec. )

Piero di Cosimo c. 1462-1521? (1441-1521) ( 05 min., 40 sec. )

Bramante 1444-1514 ( 07 min., 38 sec. )

Fra Bartolommeo 1472/5-1517 (1469-1517) ( 08 min., 52 sec. )

Raphael 1483-1520 ( 09 min., 35 sec. )

'While he was engaged in producing these marvels... ( 05 min., 38 sec. )

'In his childhood Raphael imitated the style of Pietro Perugino...' ( 06 min., 30 sec. )

Andrea del Sarto 1486-1530 (1478-1520) ( 04 min., 39 sec. )

'At that time there was a sacristan...' ( 05 min., 55 sec. )

'When Andrea left for France, the men of the Scalzo, believing he would never return...' ( 07 min., 33 sec. )

Rosso Fiorentino 1495-1540 (?-1541) ( 09 min., 09 sec. )

Francesco Mazzuoli called Parmigianino 1503-1540 (1504-1540) ( 08 min., 14 sec. )

Albrecht Durer 1471-1528 ( 08 min., 08 sec. )

Giulio Romano Romano prob. 1499-1546 (1492-1546) ( 09 min., 26 sec. )

Sebastiano del Piombo c. 1485-1547 (1475-1547) ( 08 min., 10 sec. )

Jacopo da Pontormo 1494-1556 (1493-1558) ( 08 min., 44 sec. )

'By these and his other works Jacopo took rank beside Andrea del Sarto...' ( 09 min., 28 sec. )

Jacopo Tintoretto 1518-1594 ( 03 min., 16 sec. )

Francesco de Salviati 1510-1563 ( 06 min., 27 sec. )

'Accordingly, they united to spread abroad slanders...' ( 04 min., 15 sec. )

Michelangelo Buonarotti 1475-1564 ( 10 min., 01 sec. )

'Lorenzo's garden was full of antiquities...' ( 09 min., 35 sec. )

'When the statue was finished, Michelangelo uncovered it...' ( 11 min., 41 sec. )

'After the Pope had returned to Rome...' ( 09 min., 35 sec. )

'While Michelangelo was at Carrara selecting marble...' ( 09 min., 48 sec. )

'Michelangelo had already finished three-quarters of the work when the Pope went to see it...' ( 10 min. )

'I had returned to Florence to serve Duke Cosimo in 1544...' ( 04 min., 47 sec. )

'Michelangelo was employed by Paul IV. on the fortifications of Rome...' ( 04 min., 32 sec. )

'Michelangelo was devoted to the labours of the arts, seeing he mastered every difficulty...' ( 04 min., 32 sec. )

'Michelangelo enjoyed excellent health...' ( 06 min., 29 sec. )

Titian c. 1485-1576 (1480-?) ( 06 min., 09 sec. )

'The year that Andrea Gritti was appointed doge...' ( 04 min., 39 sec. )

'Titian did for Queen Mary a Prometheus bound to a rock...' ( 03 min., 31 sec. )

Jacopo Sansovino 1486-1570 (1477-1570) ( 06 min., 51 sec. )

'The Florentine nation being at that time raised by the favour of Pope Leo...' ( 05 min., 38 sec. )

Giorgio Vasari 1511-1574 ( 10 min., 26 sec. )

'But as I was thus winning honour, fame and riches under the protection of Duke Alessandro...' ( 09 min., 32 sec. )

'I left Rome in October 1546 and went to Florence...' ( 09 minutes, 26 sec. )

Participant:

Jason, Neville, Reader -- Vasari, Giorgio, Author

Notes:

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9789626342558

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