Vasari's Lives of the Artists: Giotto, Masaccio, Fra Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian

by Giorgio Vasari

Book Overview

An instant success upon its publication in the mid-16th century, Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists remains one of the principal resources for study of the art and artists of the Italian Renaissance. Nothing of the scope and magnitude of this work had ever been conceived; the first complete history of modern art, it is widely regarded as the most influential art history book ever written.
The Lives' colorful and detailed portraits...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486441806
• ISBN13: 9780486441801
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 8.2"