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Edward C. Strutt
An English art critic based in Italy, he wrote compact, readable studies of Renaissance masters including Michelangelo and Fra Filippo Lippi. His books helped introduce major Italian artists to a wider general audience in the early 1900s.
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Michelangelo
by Edward C. Strutt
About the author
Born in Rome on June 9, 1873, he was the son of Arthur John Strutt, an English painter, writer, and archaeologist who had settled in Italy. That family background placed him close to the artistic world he would later write about.
He is chiefly remembered as an art critic and author of books on Italian painting. Among his best-known works are Fra Filippo Lippi (1901) and Michelangelo (1904), short studies that focus on the lives and art of two central figures of the Renaissance.
Archival references also describe him as an English resident in Italy, which fits the strong Italian focus of his writing. While many details of his life are hard to confirm, his surviving books show a clear interest in making Renaissance art approachable for ordinary readers.