The Lives of the Artists (Oxford World's Classics)

by Giorgio Vasari

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1550

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Michelangelo Buonarroti

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Vasari was the 16th century painter and architect who coined the term "Renaissance." This famous multi-volume work includes valuable information on the technical methods of the artists he profiles, as well amusing gossip about them.

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Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0486441806, Paperback)

Vasari's colorful and detailed portraits of the most representative figures of Italian art trace the flowering of the Renaissance across three centuries. This single-volume edition of selections from Vasari's immense work profiles 8 of the book's most noteworthy artists and includes an introduction, notes, and glossary; and woodcut portraits of each artist by Vasari himself.

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