Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects is a foundational collection of artist biographies from the Italian Renaissance. This second volume covers figures from Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi, including Duccio, Paolo Uccello, Ghiberti, Masaccio, Brunelleschi and Donatello. It is worth listening for its vivid early accounts of art and lives in Florence and Siena.
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Opening of the book
LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT PAINTERS SCULPTORS & ARCHITECTS 1912 BY GIORGIO VASARI: NEWLY TRANSLATED BY GASTON Du C. DE VERE. WITH FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS: IN TEN VOLUMES PHILIP LEE WARNER, PUBLISHER TO THE MEDICI SOCIETY, LIMITED 7 GRAFTON ST. LONDON, W. 1912-14 CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE Berna 1 Duccio 7 Antonio Viniziano 13 Jacopo Di Casentino 21 Spinello Aretino 27 Gherardo Starnina 41 Lippo 47
Don Lorenzo Monaco 53 Taddeo Bartoli 59 Lorenzo Di Bicci 65 The Author's Preface to the Second Part 75 Jacopo della Quercia [Jacopo della Fonte] 89 Niccolò Aretino [Niccolò d'Arezzo or Niccolò di Piero Lamberti] 99 Dello 105 Nanni D'antonio Di Banco 111 Luca Della Robbia 117 Paolo Uccello 129 Lorenzo Ghiberti [Lorenzo di Cione Ghiberti or Lorenzo di Bartoluccio Ghiberti] 141 Masolino Da Panicale 163 Parri Spinelli 169 Masaccio 181 Filippo Brunelleschi [Filippo di Ser Brunellesco] 193 Donato [Donatello] 237 Michelozzo Michelozzi 257 Index of Names 273 ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME II PLATES IN COLOUR Berna The Agony in the Garden San Gimignano 4 Duccio Central Panel: The Majestas Siena: Opera del Duomo 10 Duccio The Three Maries at the Tomb Siena: Opera del Duomo 10
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