Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) / Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi

Giorgio Vasari

History
Book language: English
228 pages

The first volume of Giorgio Vasari's Lives, a foundational history of Italian art. It offers biographies of early masters from Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi, blending facts, anecdotes and Vasari's critical judgments. It is worth hearing as an introduction to the artists who prepared the Renaissance.

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LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT PAINTERS SCULPTORS & ARCHITECTS
1912 BY GIORGIO VASARI:
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME I
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE TO THIS EDITION
TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND MOST EXCELLENT SIGNOR COSIMO DE' MEDICI, DUKE OF FLORENCE
TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND MOST EXCELLENT SIGNOR COSIMO DE' MEDICI, DUKE OF FLORENCE AND SIENA
PIUS PAPA QUINTUS
PREFACE TO THE WHOLE WORK
PREFACE TO THE LIVES
CONCERNING THE LIVES OF THE PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, AND ARCHITECTS, WHO HAVE LIVED FROM CIMABUE TO THE PRESENT DAY. WRITTEN
GIOVANNI CIMABUE
LIFE OF GIOVANNI CIMABUE,
ARNOLFO DI LAPO
LIFE OF ARNOLFO DI LAPO,
NICCOLA AND GIOVANNI OF PISA
LIFE OF NICCOLA AND GIOVANNI OF PISA, [NICCOLA PISANO AND GIOVANNI PISANO],
ANDREA TAFI
LIFE OF ANDREA TAFI,
GADDO GADDI
LIFE OF GADDO GADDI,
MARGARITONE
LIFE OF MARGARITONE,
GIOTTO
GIOTTO
LIFE OF GIOTTO,
AGOSTINO AND AGNOLO OF SIENA
LIFE OF AGOSTINO AND AGNOLO OF SIENA,
STEFANO AND UGOLINO SANESE
LIFE OF STEFANO, PAINTER OF FLORENCE, AND OF UGOLINO SANESE