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 and expanded in 1568, and remains perhaps the most reliable and complete source of biographical information on the Italian artists of the late 13th century to the Renaissance.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date published: 1965
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. previous owner stamp on inside front cover; underlined text. 479p., 18 cm. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780140444605ISBN:0140444602
Description: Good. Age toning throughout the book. some slight shelf wear. label on the bind. Goodwillnyonline carries a wide range of quality new and used items at competitive prices. Goodwillnyonline is operated by Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & Northern New Jersey. A major provider of services for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment. read more
Edition: Annotated.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780192817549ISBN:019281754X
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Edition: Annotated.
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780192817549ISBN:019281754X
Description: Very Good. 019281754X Edges likghtly sunned. Corners lightly bumped. Sticker and name inside front cover. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
Date published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780140441642ISBN:0140441646
Description: Good. No Jacket as Issued. Some wear and creasing to the covers. Scuff to the back cover. Hint of page toning. Reading creases to the spine. Otherwise a clean copy. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780140444605ISBN:0140444602
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
Edition: Annotated.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780192834102ISBN:019283410X
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! 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: Reprint
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Viking Penguin, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780140441642ISBN:0140441646
Description: Good- 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Wraps are scuffed and creased. Sparse amount of text underlining. All pages still attached to binding. 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. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Small remainder mark/tail edge, near spine. Browning. "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 golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Great men, ... read more
Edition: Annotated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780192834102ISBN:019283410X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 616 p. Oxford World's Classics. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: 12mo., 478pp., paperback. Translated by George Bull. Rear cover creased, pages mildly tanned, corner tip of p.411 creased, else fine. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780140444605ISBN:0140444602
Description: Penguin Books; Later Printing; Fine. 0140444602. New ~ A bit shop worn ~Gift quality. Page edges a bit tanned. 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 ... read more
"It's a tough read - but what book from the Renaissance isn't? There's some interesting stuff here... however, Vasari isn't the most reliable source so it's sort of like reading gossip. ;0)"
"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."
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