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Giorgio Vasari ciklinė biologinė meno istorijos vizija
The Cyclical and Biological Vision of Art History

Author(s): Antanas Andrijauskas
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Aesthetics, 16th Century, History of Art
Published by: Visuomeninė organizacija »LOGOS«
Keywords: Art history; art criticism; Giorgio Vasari; cyclical and biological art theory;

Summary/Abstract: In this article the contribution of the Renaissance painter, architect and art historian Giorgio Vasari (1511-1575) to art criticism is considered. Because of his cyclical and biological theory of art history, and because of its successful application to the waste areas of Italian art, Vasari greatly influenced Western art history and became one of its central figures. In the article the main attention is paid to the premises of Vasari’s concept of art criticism, its main ideas and principles of inquiry.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 39
  • Page Range: 170-182
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Lithuanian