Epitaphs in Giorgio Vasari’s Lives

Many of Giorgio Vasari’s Lives conclude with epitaphs. Some are tomb inscriptions. Others were collected from literary contexts or commissioned by the author. Still others hover in a middle ground being the product of a popular ritual practice of attaching slips of paper with epitaphs written on the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maia Wellington Gahtan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2011-12-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:http://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/gahtan.pdf