Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto Vasari, Giorgio 1511-1574 creator De Vere, Gaston du C. 1882?-1955 text utu 2009 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 05 (of 10)" by Giorgio Vasari is a series of artist biographies written in the 16th century. This groundbreaking work is considered the first important book on art history and remains influential today. Vasari chronicles the lives and works of Renaissance masters, interspersing biographical details with colorful anecdotes and gossip. Though criticized for favoring Florentine artists and containing some inaccuracies, these vivid portraits shaped how generations have understood Renaissance art and its creators. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lives_of_the_Most_Excellent_Painters,_Sculptors,_and_Architects Release date is 2009-03-27 Produced by Mark C. Orton, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Original publication data not identified Artists -- Italy -- Biography Art, Italian N Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28421 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28421 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133640.0 28421