Memoirs Of The Early Italian Painters
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: April 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9781417901234
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Painting & paintings; History: World; History; History - General History; Italy; Europe - Italy; Techniques - Painting
First sentence: To Cimabue for three centuries had been awarded the lofty title of "Father of Modern Painting;" and to him, on the authority of Vasari, had been ascribed the merit, or rather the miracle, of having revived the art of painting when utterly lost, dead, and buried-of having by his single genius brought light out of darkness, form and beauty out of chaos.