The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8)

Name: The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8)
Author: Giorgio Vasari

by Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574)

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"The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8)" by Giorgio Vasari is a series of artist biographies first published in 1550. Written by a Renaissance painter and architect, this groundbreaking work is considered the first important book on art history. Vasari chronicles the lives and works of Italian Renaissance masters, interspersing factual accounts with entertaining gossip and memorable anecdotes. Though criticized for favoring Florentine artists, it remains an influential and widely-read classic that established the genre of artistic biography.

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Artists · Italy · Biography
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Giorgio Vasari

In Eight Volumes

Vol. One

CIMABUE (1240-1302)
ARNOLFO DI LAPO (1232-1310)
BONANNO (fl. 1174-1186
LAPO (1190-1260)
NICCOLA AND GIOVANNI PISANI fl 1205, 1278, 1250-1328)
ANDREA TAFI (1250-1320)
GADDO GADDI (1259-1333)
MARGARITONE (1210-1293)
GIOTTO (1267-1337)
PUCCIO CAPANNA (fl. 1350)
AGOSTINO AND AGNOLO (fl. 1286-1330)
STEFANO AND UGOLINO (1301-1350, 1260-1339)
PIETRO LAURATI (died c. 1350)
ANDREA PISANO (1270-1348)
BUONAMICO BUFFALMACCO (fl. 1311-1351)
AMBRUOGIO LORENZETTI (died c. 1338)
PIETRO CAVALLINI (1259-1334)
SIMONE MARTINI AND LIPPO MEMMI (1285-1344; died 1357)

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This free edition of The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8) by Giorgio Vasari comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #21212, released 2007-04-24. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Biographies, History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750), Art.

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