About this title: Giorgio Vasari's "The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects" was first published in Florence in 1550. Vasari, a painter and architect, had traveled throughout Italy sketching the buildings and art works he encountered when he contemplated compiling a record of great Italian artists and their work. The "Lives" was revised ...
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Description: Good. 0140441646 Condition: GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, dust jacket missing, cover wear, name written inside cover, considerable underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, binding loose, binding slants, pages tanning / curling, etc. Overall, the book is in decent shape. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week ... read more
Description: Good. 1988-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780140441642ISBN:0140441646
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. copy warped a bit, some wear to cover at spine and edges and corners, pages yellowed. Text in English, Italian. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Published: 1965
ISBN-13:9780140441642ISBN:0140441646
Description: Very Good- As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, minor corner bumps, sticker remains and residue on front cover, pages age toned, and other light shopwear. 479 pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780192834102ISBN:019283410X
Description: New. Unread, perfect spine, square, solid, sharp--you'll feel like you could jump a tall buidling with a single bound when this book arrives at your doorstep! read more
Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books; Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780140441642ISBN:0140441646
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Reprint, 1981. 477 pp., biblio.; 18 cm. First published, 1550. Firm binding, creased spine. Previous owner's blind stamp/half-title page, otherwise unmarked. Browning. Another copy available. "Giorgio Vasari (1511-74) was an accomplished painter and architect, but it is for his illuminating biographies that he is best remembered. Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, he traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the ... read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, Harmondsworth
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780140441642ISBN:0140441646
Description: Good. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. (UK) Owner's inscription to back of cover, no other markings, page edges yellowed, spine creases, Good used copy. Illus wraps, 478pp. This book remains the primary source material on the Renaissance artists: Michelangelo, Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Giorgione, Donatello, Filippo Lippi, et al. (1.1 JM FO 62/1. read more
"This is a book for those interested in the artists of the Italian Renaissance. I have only read about one of the artists--Perugino--whose later paintings are more to my liking for this period of mostly religious work. Vasari's Lives provides a lot of interesting details of the paintings and the artist.My recommendation is to read only one chapter of an artist a month. You will need to refer to the Web sites for pictures of the paintings."
"As an art historian, I LOVE this book! Some very interesting "facts" and "histories" (using both words loosely!) that are extremely interesting. Vasari was known to exagerate and embellish, but that is part of the charm of this book. A little long winded in areas, but worth the nuggets of art history fun facts of some of the world's most famous artists."
"I finished my copy before realizing it was abridged. I was upset until I read in another art history book that he made a lot of this stuff up. It was fairly inaccurate. Still fun to read."
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