André Chastel (15 November 1912,

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– 18 July 1990,

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) was a French art historian, author of an important work on the

Italian Renaissance The Italian Renaissance ( it, Rinascimento ) was a period in Italian history covering the 15th and 16th centuries. The period is known for the initial development of the broader Renaissance culture that spread across Europe and marked the trans ...

. He was a professor at the

Collège de France The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment ('' grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris n ...

, where he held the chair of art and civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy, from 1970 to 1984, he was elected a member of the

Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigr ...

in 1975. He is buried at

Ivry Cemetery Ivry Cemetery (''cimetière parisien d'Ivry'') is one of the extramural cemeteries of Paris, located in the neighbouring town of Ivry-sur-Seine in Val-de-Marne, less than 500 metres outside Paris's intramural area. As well as a green space, it is ...

, Ivry-sur-Seine.

Publications

*''Florentine Drawings'', Hyperion, 1950 *''Léonard de Vinci par lui-même'', Édit. Nagel, 1952 *''Marsile Ficin et l'art'', Droz, Genève, 1954 *''L'Art italien'', 1956 (reprinted: 1982, 1989, 1995; Italian translation: 1957–1958, English translation: 1963) *''Botticelli'', Silvana, Milan, 1957 *''Art et Humanisme à Florence au temps de Laurent le Magnifique'', P.U.F, 1959, 1961, 1982 *''L'Âge de l'humanisme'' (with Robert Klein), Éditions de la connaissance, Bruxelles, 1963 *''Le Grand Atelier d'Italie, 1460-1500'', Gallimard, 1965 *''Renaissance méridionale, 1460-1500'', Gallimard, 1965 *''Le Mythe de la Renaissance, 1420-1520'', Skira, Genève, 1969 *''La Crise de la Renaissance, 1520-1600'', Skira, Genève, 1969 *''Fables, formes, figures'' (2 volumes), Flammarion, 1978 *''L'image dans le miroir'', Gallimard, 1980 *''Grotesque'', l'Arpenteur, 1980 *''Chronique de la peinture italienne à la Renaissance, 1250-1580'', 1983 *''Le sac de Rome'', Gallimard, 1984 *''L'Illustre Incomprise, Mona Lisa'', Gallimard, 1988 *''Histoire de l'art français'', 4 volumes, 1992-1996 *''La Pala ou le Retable italien des origines à 1500'', 1993 *''La gloire de Raphaël ou le triomphe d'Éros'', RMN, 1995 *''Giorgio

Vasari Giorgio Vasari (, also , ; 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance Master, who worked as a painter, architect, engineer, writer, and historian, who is best known for his work ''The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculpt ...

, les Vies des meilleurs peintres sculpteurs et architectes'', French translation of ''Lives of the Artists'' with notes, edited by André Chastel, Paris, Berger-Levrault, "Arts" collection, 12 vol., 1981–1989. Reissued, Actes Sud, "Thesaurus" collection, 2 vol., 2005.

External links

*
Centre André Chastel - official site

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