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The Lives of the Artists LIB/e

The Lives of the Artists LIB/e( )
Author: Vasari, Giorgio
Contribution by: Bondanella, Julia Conway
Bondanella, Peter
Translator: Bondanella, Julia Conway
Bondanella, Peter
Read by: Stewart, James Cameron
Series title:The Oxford World's Classics Series LIB/e Ser.
ISBN:979-8-200-36467-1
Publication Date:Mar 2021
Publisher:Tantor Media, Incorporated
Imprint:Tantor Audio
Book Format:CD-Audio
List Price:USD $29.99
Book Description:

These biographies of the great quattrocento artists have long been considered among the most important of contemporary sources on Italian Renaissance art. Vasari, who invented the term "Renaissance," was the first to outline the influential theory of Renaissance art that traces a progression through Giotto, Brunelleschi, and finally the titanic figures of Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, and Raphael. This new translation, specially commissioned for the Oxford World's Classics series, contains...
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Vasari, Giorgio (Author)
Giorgio Vasari was born in Arezzo, Italy on July 30, 1511. He was an architect, painter, and writer. He was the architect for the Uffizi in Florence and the church, monastery, and palace created for the Cavalieri di San Stefano in Pisa. His murals can be seen at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.

During his travels, Vasari took notes on various artists and paintings he encountered which resulted in his book, The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Architects, Painters, and Sculptures. He also wrote biographies of Italian Renaissance artists. He died on June 27, 1574.

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