The lives of the artists, paperback/giorgio vasari

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 Worlds Classics series, contains thirty-six of the most important lives.

Fully annotated and with a brand new package, Lives of the Artists is an invaluable classic to add to your collection.

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Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.