02693cam a22003493u 4500 76213 UtSlPG 20260610134749.0 m cr n 260607r20251904utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 29007450 UtSlPG de iso639-1 ND Schaeffer, Emil, 1874-1944 Andrea del Sarto Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Die Kunst ... 35. Bd. Release date is 2025-06-02 Clare Boothby and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Andrea del Sarto by Emil Schaeffer is an art-historical monograph written in the early 20th century. It examines the life, works, and influence of the Florentine painter Andrea del Sarto, weighing what biography can explain against what the paintings themselves reveal. The study blends narrative and formal analysis, discussing his training, key commissions, signature style, and his lasting impact on later Florentine art. The opening of the monograph argues that artists are best understood through their works—yet makes an exception for Andrea, whose art and life are unusually entwined. It sketches his rise from a tailor’s son to a sought-after painter, his formative training with Piero di Cosimo and Michelangelo’s models, his early fresco cycles for the Annunziata and the Scalzo, and the fateful marriage to Lucrezia del Fede that, in Vasari’s telling, complicated his finances and choices. Schaeffer recounts Andrea’s celebrated invitation to the French court, his homesick return to Florence and misuse of royal funds, the plague retreat in Mugello, the San Salvi Last Supper spared during the siege, and his lonely death. The narrative then pivots to a concise critical portrait: Andrea’s mastery of fresco design, tonal harmony, and graceful drapery; his relative weakness at high drama; his engagement with Leonardo and Michelangelo; close readings of works like the Madonna delle Arpie, the Charitas, the Madonna del Sacco, and the St. John cycle; and a final note on his broad influence on later Florentines and even Baroque tendencies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Germany: Bard, Marquardt & Co., 1904 Sarto, Andrea del, 1486-1530 Muther, Richard, 1860-1909 Die Kunst ... 35. Bd. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76213 116938 116938