Full Name:
Villani, Filippo
Date Born:
c. 1325
Date Died:
c. 1405
Home Country:
Italy
Gender:
male
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