An ass with precious things in his panniers : John Ruskin s reception of The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects by Giorgio Vasari

This article examines John Ruskin s response to Giorgio Vasari s The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, a text which had a mixed reception during the Victorian period in connection with the rise of new art-historical approaches to the Italian Renaissance. Although Ruski...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jenny Graham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/graham.pdf