Vasari on Technique In addition to fascinating facts

In addition to fascinating facts about the origin and development of medieval scripts

to his grandsons Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesú (1698–1744)

In this hope-inspiring guide

Each chapter concludes with a set of problems

Numerous exercises are included to ensure understanding and retention of the material

Vasari on Technique In addition to fascinating factsGiorgio Vasari (15111571) is well known for his celebrated work on the lives of the Renaissance artists. But not many people know that Vasari was a painter and architect as well as a biographer, and that he wrote one of the most valuable treatises on the technical methods of the painters, architects, and sculptors of his time. This is the first and only English translation of this important technical material (originally published in 1550 as an