The Lives of the Artists

by Giorgio Vasari Narrated by James Cameron Stewart

Overview

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 thirty-six of the most important lives. Lives of the Artists is an invaluable classic to add to your collection.

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From the Publisher

"A book which has come to be recognised as the single most important contemporary source of information on hundreds of artists of the Italian Renaissance period."—Irish Independent

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171045609
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	05/14/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

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