{"product_id":"giorgio-vasari-architect-and-courtier-9780691032863","title":"Giorgio Vasari: Architect and Courtier","description":"\u003cp\u003eWell-known for his paintings and his book The Lives of the Artists  Giorgio Vasari also served as court architect to Grand Duke Cosimo I de Medici  contributing to Medicean legitimacy through such politically symbolic buildings as the Uffizi in Florence. Leon Satkowski presents the first book in any language to survey the architecture of Vasari. By focusing on the architects service to his distinguished patrons and his collaboration with other architects  Satkowski reveals how Vasari combined imaginative design  political meaning  and a clear sense of history to create buildings so appealing to modern students of architecture.  Incorporating Vasaris own writings and a close study of his buildings  this book places the architect squarely in the world of Palladio  Vignola  and Ammannati  and shows Vasari as their equal. In addition to the Uffizi  chapters are devoted to Vasaris Del Monte projects in Monte San Savino and Rome  the Corridoio and the renovation of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence  religious architecture throughout Tuscany  and urban projects in Pisa and Arezzo that created the physical identity of Cosimos new state. As a court architect  Vasari had few peers in the proper sense of the term.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651865174069,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691032866","price":160.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691032863.jpg?v=1781842869","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/giorgio-vasari-architect-and-courtier-9780691032863","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}