Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

By Giorgio Vasari

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects - Giorgio Vasari
  • Release Date: 2014-12-09
  • Genre: Art & Architecture

Description

Biographies of artists of the Italian Renaissance.  All ten volumes. Over 500 illustrations, many in color. VOLUME 1 - CIMABUE TO AGNOLO GADDI,  VOLUME 2 - BERNA TO MICHELOZZO MICHELOZZI, VOLUME 3 - FILARETE AND SIMONE TO MANTEGNA, VOLUME 4 - FILIPPINO LIPPI TO DOMENICO PULIGO, VOLUME 5  - ANDREA DA FIESOLE TO LORENZO LOTTO, , VOLUME 6 - FRA GIOCONDO TO NICCOLO SOGGI, VOLUME 7 - TRIBOLO TO IL SODOMA, VOLUME 8 - BASTIANO TO TADDEO ZUCCHERO, VOLUME 9 - MICHELAGNOLO TO THE FLEMINGS, VOLUME 10 - BRONZINO TO VASARI, & GENERAL INDEX According to Wikipedia: "Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 ñ 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter, writer, historian and architect, who is today famous for his biographies of Italian artists, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing."