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

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. He was a professor at the

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, 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

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in 1975. He is buried at Ivry Cemetery,

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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

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, 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

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Centre André Chastel - official site

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