Vasari, Giorgio

Biographical essays from Giorgio Vasari reveal his interpretations of the lives and works of twenty artists from the Italian Renaissance, covering Cimabue, Donatello, Mantegna, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, and others.

Detailed biographies of six Italian artists and reproductions of their works.

Presents an English translation of the sixteenth-century text in which the author, a friend, confidante, and colleague of Michelangelo, examines the life and work of the famous Italian Renaissance artist.

Profiles the lives and art of the most representative figures of Italian Renaissance painting and sculpture including Raphael, Michelangelo, and Giotto.