Anonimo Gaddiano
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The manuscript dates from about 1536 to the mid 1540s and is considered a useful source for the study of the history of Italian art since it is the most comprehensive biographical source for artists before the 1550 edition of Vasari's ''Lives'', which was being compiled over the same period.
While the opening section is devoted to artists from ancient Greece, essentially reprising Pliny the Elder, the most significant part is dedicated to Florentine artists from Cimabue to Michelangelo. The entries for artists concentrate on lists of works, and lack the full biographical ambition of Vasari. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 2015.
Superior document: Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition, Volume 41
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Published: 2015.
Superior document: Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition, Volume 41