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'''Giovanni Pietro Bellori''' (15 January 1613 – 19 February 1696), also known as '''Giovan Pietro Bellori''' or '''Gian Pietro Bellori''', was an Italian painter and antiquarian, but, more famously, a prominent biographer of artists of the 17th century, equivalent to Giorgio Vasari in the 16th century. | '''Giovanni Pietro Bellori''' (15 January 1613 – 19 February 1696), also known as '''Giovan Pietro Bellori''' or '''Gian Pietro Bellori''', was an Italian painter and antiquarian, but, more famously, a prominent biographer of artists of the 17th century, equivalent to Giorgio Vasari in the 16th century. | ||
His Lives of the Artists (''Vite de' Pittori, Scultori et Architetti Moderni''), published in 1672, was influential in consolidating and promoting the theoretical case for classical idealism in art. | His '''[[The Lives of the Artists (Bellori) (nonfiction)|Lives of the Artists]]''' (''Vite de' Pittori, Scultori et Architetti Moderni''), published in 1672, was influential in consolidating and promoting the theoretical case for classical idealism in art. | ||
As an art historical biographer, he favored classicizing artists rather than Baroque artists to the extent of omitting some of the key artistic figures of 17th-century art altogether. | As an art historical biographer, he favored classicizing artists rather than Baroque artists to the extent of omitting some of the key artistic figures of 17th-century art altogether. | ||
* [[The Lives of the Artists (Bellori) (nonfiction)]] - a series of artist biographies by Bellori. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Pietro_Bellori Giovanni Pietro Bellori] @ Wikipedia | |||
Latest revision as of 04:00, 30 September 2019
Giovanni Pietro Bellori (15 January 1613 – 19 February 1696), also known as Giovan Pietro Bellori or Gian Pietro Bellori, was an Italian painter and antiquarian, but, more famously, a prominent biographer of artists of the 17th century, equivalent to Giorgio Vasari in the 16th century.
His Lives of the Artists (Vite de' Pittori, Scultori et Architetti Moderni), published in 1672, was influential in consolidating and promoting the theoretical case for classical idealism in art.
As an art historical biographer, he favored classicizing artists rather than Baroque artists to the extent of omitting some of the key artistic figures of 17th-century art altogether.
- The Lives of the Artists (Bellori) (nonfiction) - a series of artist biographies by Bellori.
- Giovanni Pietro Bellori @ Wikipedia