Cristina Acidini (born 15 May 1951) is an Italian author and art historian. Her name also appears as Cristina Acidini Luchinat. She is the former Superintendent of Museum and Artistic Heritage State Board for the Florence area from 1991 to 1999. She chairs the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno and the Casa Buonarroti and "Roberto Longhi" Foundations. Her activity and commitment are by now internationally recognised in both the field of art and restoration and also in the curatorship of museums and exhibitions.

• Cristina Acidini, Behind the Scenes of the ‘Theatre of the Virtues’Alessandra Baroni, Between Virtue and Fortune: ‘spartimenti’, Allegorical Frames, and Metalworks in Vasari’s Work before 15501Eliana Carrara, Giorgio Vasari and Vincenzio Borghini, a Lifetime PartnershipAlessandro Cecchi, In the Service of the duke. Giorgio Vasari and the Making of Palazzo VecchioCarlo Falciani, The Allegory of Patience for Bishop Bernardetto Minerbetti of ArezzoAlessio Caporali, Emanuela Ferretti, ’Capitals and Bases that are of the Ordinary Kind’. Giorgio Vasari 
and the Architectural Order of the Uffizi. Tuscan Identity and Worksite PracticeMassimiliano Rossi, ’Peripatetic Phormio’ and ‘Precious Writers’.On the Anti-Bembian Polemic in the ‘Preface’ to The LivesRick Scorza, Vasari’s Tuscan Provinces: Invenzione, Context and RoleAnna Maria Testaverde, Ephemeral Theatres of Allegory and Giorgio Vasari’s Artistic ExperimentationCatalogueI. Giorgio Vasari, A Giant Among Artists Entries 1–12II. The young Vasari: an excellent education Entries 13–28III. An Apotheosis of Virtues Entries 29–55IV. The Accademia del Disegno Entries 56–80V. Vasari and Sacred Art Entries 81–89VI. Drawing, the Father of the Arts Entries 90–109VII. The Chimera, Vasari and the Duke Entries 110–117VIII. Monumental paintings in churches and basilicas Entries 118–121ApparatusNote to readerAbbreviationsBibliographyPhotographic Credits

Cristina Acidini (born 15 May 1951) is an Italian author and art historian. Her name also appears as Cristina Acidini Luchinat. She is the former Superintendent of Museum and Artistic Heritage State Board for the Florence area from 1991 to 1999. She chairs the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno and the Casa Buonarroti and "Roberto Longhi" Foundations. Her activity and commitment are by now internationally recognised in both the field of art and restoration and also in the curatorship of museums and exhibitions.

• Cristina Acidini, Behind the Scenes of the ‘Theatre of the Virtues’Alessandra Baroni, Between Virtue and Fortune: ‘spartimenti’, Allegorical Frames, and Metalworks in Vasari’s Work before 15501Eliana Carrara, Giorgio Vasari and Vincenzio Borghini, a Lifetime PartnershipAlessandro Cecchi, In the Service of the duke. Giorgio Vasari and the Making of Palazzo VecchioCarlo Falciani, The Allegory of Patience for Bishop Bernardetto Minerbetti of ArezzoAlessio Caporali, Emanuela Ferretti, ’Capitals and Bases that are of the Ordinary Kind’. Giorgio Vasari 
and the Architectural Order of the Uffizi. Tuscan Identity and Worksite PracticeMassimiliano Rossi, ’Peripatetic Phormio’ and ‘Precious Writers’.On the Anti-Bembian Polemic in the ‘Preface’ to The LivesRick Scorza, Vasari’s Tuscan Provinces: Invenzione, Context and RoleAnna Maria Testaverde, Ephemeral Theatres of Allegory and Giorgio Vasari’s Artistic ExperimentationCatalogueI. Giorgio Vasari, A Giant Among Artists Entries 1–12II. The young Vasari: an excellent education Entries 13–28III. An Apotheosis of Virtues Entries 29–55IV. The Accademia del Disegno Entries 56–80V. Vasari and Sacred Art Entries 81–89VI. Drawing, the Father of the Arts Entries 90–109VII. The Chimera, Vasari and the Duke Entries 110–117VIII. Monumental paintings in churches and basilicas Entries 118–121ApparatusNote to readerAbbreviationsBibliographyPhotographic Credits

Cristina Acidini (born 15 May 1951) is an Italian author and art historian. Her name also appears as Cristina Acidini Luchinat. She is the former Superintendent of Museum and Artistic Heritage State Board for the Florence area from 1991 to 1999. She chairs the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno and the Casa Buonarroti and "Roberto Longhi" Foundations. Her activity and commitment are by now internationally recognised in both the field of art and restoration and also in the curatorship of museums and exhibitions.

• Cristina Acidini, Behind the Scenes of the ‘Theatre of the Virtues’Alessandra Baroni, Between Virtue and Fortune: ‘spartimenti’, Allegorical Frames, and Metalworks in Vasari’s Work before 15501Eliana Carrara, Giorgio Vasari and Vincenzio Borghini, a Lifetime PartnershipAlessandro Cecchi, In the Service of the duke. Giorgio Vasari and the Making of Palazzo VecchioCarlo Falciani, The Allegory of Patience for Bishop Bernardetto Minerbetti of ArezzoAlessio Caporali, Emanuela Ferretti, ’Capitals and Bases that are of the Ordinary Kind’. Giorgio Vasari 
and the Architectural Order of the Uffizi. Tuscan Identity and Worksite PracticeMassimiliano Rossi, ’Peripatetic Phormio’ and ‘Precious Writers’.On the Anti-Bembian Polemic in the ‘Preface’ to The LivesRick Scorza, Vasari’s Tuscan Provinces: Invenzione, Context and RoleAnna Maria Testaverde, Ephemeral Theatres of Allegory and Giorgio Vasari’s Artistic ExperimentationCatalogueI. Giorgio Vasari, A Giant Among Artists Entries 1–12II. The young Vasari: an excellent education Entries 13–28III. An Apotheosis of Virtues Entries 29–55IV. The Accademia del Disegno Entries 56–80V. Vasari and Sacred Art Entries 81–89VI. Drawing, the Father of the Arts Entries 90–109VII. The Chimera, Vasari and the Duke Entries 110–117VIII. Monumental paintings in churches and basilicas Entries 118–121ApparatusNote to readerAbbreviationsBibliographyPhotographic Credits