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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10)

by Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574)

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"Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10)" by Giorgio Vasari is a series of artist biographies published in 1550, with a second edition in 1568. This groundbreaking work chronicles the lives of Italian Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects, establishing the genre of art history writing. Vasari combines technical insights with colorful anecdotes and gossip about artists from Giotto to his own contemporaries. Though criticized for favoring Florentine artists and containing factual inaccuracies, it remains the most influential and widely read art history text of its era.

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  • Artists · Italy · Biography
  • Art, Italian

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NEWLY TRANSLATED BY GASTON Du C. DE VERE. WITH FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS: IN TEN VOLUMES

LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO. LD. & THE MEDICI SOCIETY, LD. 1912-14

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE TO THIS EDITION xi

DEDICATIONS TO COSIMO DE' MEDICI EDITION OF 1550 xiii EDITION OF 1568 xvii

IMPRIMATUR OF POPE PIUS V xxi

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Contents

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  1. Page
  2. Facing Page
  3. Plates in Monochrome
  4. Corrigenda
  5. Translator's Preface to This Edition
  6. My Most Honoured Lord
  7. Footnotes
  8. My Most Honoured Lord
  9. Pius Papa Quintus
  10. Preface to the Whole Work
  11. Footnotes
  12. Preface to the Lives
  13. Footnotes
  14. Painter of Florence
  15. Architect of Florence
  16. Footnotes
  17. Sculptors and Architects
  18. Imperat Henricus Qui Christo Fertur Amicus
  19. Painter of Florence
  20. Painter of Florence
  21. Footnotes
  22. Painter, Sculptor, and Architect, of Arezzo
  23. Life of Stefano, Painter of Florence, and of Ugolino Sanese
  24. Sculptor and Architect
  25. Painter of Florence
  26. Painter of Rome
  27. Painter
  28. Painter of Florence
  29. Painter of Florence
  30. Index of Names of the Craftsmen Mentioned in Volume I
  31. End of Vol. I

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This free edition of Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) by Giorgio Vasari comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #25326, released 2008-05-05. 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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