The Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari, Philip Jacks, Gaston du C. de Vere
The Lives of the Artists

Giorgio Vasari, Philip Jacks, Gaston du C. de Vere

The Lives of the Artists

Giorgio Vasari, Philip Jacks, Gaston du C. de Vere

586 pages first pub 1550 (editions)

nonfiction art biography history adventurous reflective slow-paced

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Packed with facts, attributions, and entertaining anecdotes about his contemporaries, Vasari's collection of biographical accounts also presents a highly influential theory of the development of Renaissance art. Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto, ...

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lighthearted 33%
reflective 33%

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