Giorgio Vasari

260 books • 14 series

Giorgio Vasari was born in 1511 at Arezzo in Tuscany. While still a boy he was introduced to Cardinal Silvio Passerini who put him to study in Florence with Michelangelo — who later became a close friend — then with Andrea del Sarto. He left Florence when his patron, Duke Alessandro, was assassinated, and wandered round Italy filling his notebooks with sketches; it was during this period that he conceived the idea of the Lives. By now, in his thirties, Vasari was a highly successful painter and when his Lives were published they were received enthusiastically. He returned to Florence in 1555 to serve Duke Cosimo who appointed him architect of the Palazzo Vecchio. After a grand tour of Italian towns he published the revised and enlarged edition of his Lives in 1568. Vasari spent the rest of his life in a glow of self- satisfaction and public recognition, and in 1971 he was knighted by Pope Pius V. He died in 1574.
Nov 17, 2022
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Künstler der Renaissance

Oct 27, 2022
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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects, of 10; Volume 10

Oct 27, 2022
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Le Vite De' Più Eccellenti Pittori Scultori Ed Architettori....

Oct 20, 2022
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Lives of Seventy of the most eminent Painters, Sculptors and Archeticts

Mar 31, 2021
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The Lives of the Painters Sculptors Architects Volume 1

Feb 15, 2021
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Lives Of The Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects; Volume - Iv

Feb 3, 2020
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Das Leben Raphaels von Urbino

Oct 29, 2019
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Lives of Leonardo da Vinci (Lives of the Artists)

Jun 1, 2019
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Lives of Titian (Lives of the Artists)

May 7, 2019
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Lives of Tintoretto (Lives of the Artists)

Apr 2, 2019
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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 1 of 10 (Classic Reprint)

Apr 2, 2019
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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 1 of 10 (Large Text Classic Reprint)

Jan 4, 2019
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Lives of Seventy of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

Dec 12, 2018
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Le Vite De'più Eccellenti Pittori, Scultori Ed Architettori, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint)

Dec 12, 2018
Cover of Vita Di M. Jacopo Sansovino, Scultore E Architetto Della Repubblica Di Venezia (Classic Reprint)

Vita Di M. Jacopo Sansovino, Scultore E Architetto Della Repubblica Di Venezia (Classic Reprint)

Dec 12, 2018
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Vita di M. Jacopo Sansovino, Scultore e Architetto della Repubblica di Venezia (Large Text Classic Reprint)

Nov 28, 2018
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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Nov 28, 2018
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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 1 (Large Text Classic Reprint)

Nov 5, 2018
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Les Vies des Plus Excellents Peintres, Sculpteurs, Et Architectes, Vol. 1 (Large Text Classic Reprint)

Nov 3, 2018
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La Terza Et Ultima Parte Delle Vite de Gli Architettori, Pittori Et Scultori (Classic Reprint)

Nov 3, 2018
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Vite De' Piu' Eccellenti Pittori, Scultori E Architetti, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

Oct 25, 2018
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Lebensbeschreibungen der Ausgezeichnetsten Maler, Bildhauer und Architekten der Renaissance: Nach Dokumenten und Mündlichen Berichten Dargestellt (Large Text Classic Reprint)

Oct 16, 2018
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Vite De Più Eccellenti Pittori Scultori e Architetti, Vol. 9 (Large Text Classic Reprint)

Oct 9, 2018
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The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, of 8; Volume 4