Dictionary of Art Historians

Villani, Filippo

Full Name
Villani, Filippo
Gender
male
Date Born
c. 1325
Date Died
c. 1405
Home Country
Italy
Subject Area
Italian (culture or style)
Italian Renaissance-Baroque styles
Renaissance
Career
authors
Institution
Santa Croce
Overview

Florentine writer whose guide to Florence (De origine civitatis Florentinae, ca.1400 ) includes a list of artists and their careers. These include Ciomabue, Giotto, and Taddeo Gaddi. Villani lacks the synthesis of earlier writers.

Selected Bibliography
Liber de origine civitatis Florentiae et eiusdem famosis civibus (codex Laurentian Library)
Sources
La letteratura artistica: Manuale delle fonti della storia dell'arte moderna. Revised and edited by Otto Kurz. Florence: La Nuova Italia, 1964, p. 52. Kultermann, Udo. The History of Art History. New York: Abaris, 1993, p. 5.
Contributors
Lee Sorensen