The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (Modern Library Classics)

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A painter and architect in his own right, Giorgio Vasari (1511-74) achieved immortality for this book at the lives of his fellow Renaissance artists, first published in Florence in 1550. Despite the fact that he based his work on a long tradition of biographical writing, Vasari infused these literary portraits with a decidedly Brand new type of essential judgment. The result is a work that remains to this present day the cornerstone of art historical scholarship.
Spanning the period from the thirteenth century to Vasari’s own time, the Lives opens a window at the greatest personalities of the period, including Giotto, Brunelleschi, Mantegna, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Titian. This Brand new Library edition, abridged from the original text with notes drawn from in advance commentaries, in addition to current research, reminds us why The Lives of the Most Superb Painters, Sculptors, and Architects is indispensable to any student fascinated by Renaissance art.

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