Browse Exhibits (2 total)
Vasari, Giorgio. Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti.
This exhibit displays a small sampling of images from a 1647 edition of Giorgio Vasari's Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti. With this book, Vasari created the first collection of biographies of artists and is considered by many to be the father of Art History. The title page, frontispiece, two illustrations, and colophon are featured in this exhibit. The first illustration is of Properzia de' Rossi, a Bolognese sculptor and the only female artist to be featured in Vasari's book. The second illustration of is Vasari, himself, who was not only a writer and biographer but also an artist.
Ars et Scientia
Welcome to the homepage of the 2022 exhibit Ars et Scientia: The Intersection of Science and Arts in Early Modern Woodcuts. To see photos and videos of the exhibit itself, click "The Exhibition." For information on the contents, click "The Items." To see the zine created for this exhibit, click "The Zine."
Ars et Scientia explores how woodcuts were used to depict scientific breakthroughs and improvements during the early modern period. The books in this exhibit range from the late 1400s to the mid-1600s and all include white- or black-line woodcuts. All are housed in Tisch Special Collections, and you can request to view them in person through JumboSearch.