Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Vol. 1-10) (Annotated)

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Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects is the foundational monument of Renaissance art history: a vast sequence of biographies tracing Italian art from Cimabue and Giotto through the triumphs of Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. Written in an elegant, anecdotal, and often judgmental prose, the work combines historical narrative, technical criticism, moral portraiture, and patriotic celebration. Across its ten volumes, Vasari establishes the influential idea of artistic "progress," presenting the Renaissance as the recovery and perfection of classical beauty. Vasari himself was ideally placed to compose such a work. A painter, architect, courtier, and organizer of artistic culture in Medici Florence, he knew many artists, workshops, patrons, and collections firsthand. His admiration for Tuscan achievement, his devotion to Michelangelo, and his practical understanding of artistic labor shaped both the strengths and biases of his account. The Lives is therefore not merely documentation, but a self-conscious cultural project. This edition is essential for readers of art, history, literature, and Renaissance studies. Though modern scholarship corrects many details, Vasari remains indispensable: vivid, opinionated, learned, and endlessly revealing about how Europe learned to narrate artistic genius. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions. - The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing. - A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation. - A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists. - A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths. - Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts. - Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.

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1Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Vol. 1-10) (Annotated)

101LUCA SIGNORELLI OF CORTONA

2Introduction

102PREFACE TO THE THIRD PART

3Synopsis

103LEONARDO DA VINCI

4Historical Context

104GIORGIONE DA CASTELFRANCO

5Author Biography

105ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO

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6Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects (Vol. 1-10)

106PIERO DI COSIMO

7TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE TO THIS EDITION

107BRAMANTE DA URBINO

8TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND MOST EXCELLENT SIGNOR COSIMO DE' MEDICI, DUKE OF FLORENCE

108FRA BARTOLOMMEO DI SAN MARCO

9TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND MOST EXCELLENT SIGNOR COSIMO DE' MEDICI, DUKE OF FLORENCE AND SIENA

109MARIOTTO ALBERTINELLI

10PIUS PAPA QUINTUS

110RAFFAELLINO DEL GARBO

11PREFACE TO THE WHOLE WORK

111TORRIGIANO

12PREFACE TO THE LIVES

112GIULIANO AND ANTONIO DA SAN GALLO

13CONCERNING THE LIVES OF THE PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, AND ARCHITECTS, WHO HAVE LIVED FROM CIMABUE TO THE PRESENT DAY. WRITTEN BY MESSER GIORGIO VASARI, PAINTER OF AREZZO

113RAFFAELLO DA URBINO

14GIOVANNI CIMABUE

114GUGLIELMO DA MARCILLA

15ARNOLFO DI LAPO

115SIMONE

16NICCOLA AND GIOVANNI OF PISA

116DOMENICO PULIGO

17ANDREA TAFI

117FOOTNOTES:

18GADDO GADDI

118ANDREA DA FIESOLE

19MARGARITONE

119VINCENZIO DA SAN GIMIGNANO AND TIMOTEO DA URBINO

20GIOTTO

120ANDREA DAL MONTE SANSOVINO

21AGOSTINO AND AGNOLO OF SIENA

121BENEDETTO DA ROVEZZANO

22STEFANO AND UGOLINO SANESE

122BACCIO DA MONTELUPO AND RAFFAELLO, HIS SON

23PIETRO LAURATI

123LORENZO DI CREDI

24ANDREA PISANO

124LORENZETTO AND BOCCACCINO

25BUONAMICO BUFFALMACCO

125BALDASSARRE PERUZZI

26AMBROGIO LORENZETTI

126GIOVAN FRANCESCO PENNI OF FLORENCE AND PELLEGRINO DA MODENA

27PIETRO CAVALLINI

127ANDREA DEL SARTO

28SIMONE SANESE

128MADONNA PROPERZIA DE' ROSSI

29TADDEO GADDI

129ALFONSO LOMBARDI OF FERRARA, MICHELAGNOLO DA SIENA, GIROLAMO SANTA CROCE OF NAPLES, DOSSO AND BATTISTA DOSSI

30ANDREA DI CIONE ORCAGNA

130GIOVANNI ANTONIO LICINIO OF PORDENONE, AND OTHER PAINTERS OF FRIULI

31TOMMASO, CALLED GIOTTINO

131GIOVANNI ANTONIO SOGLIANI

32GIOVANNI DAL PONTE

132GIROLAMO DA TREVISO

33AGNOLO GADDI

133POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO AND MATURINO

34FOOTNOTES:

134IL ROSSO

35BERNA

135BARTOLOMMEO DA BAGNACAVALLO AND OTHERS

36DUCCIO

136FRANCIABIGIO

37ANTONIO VINIZIANO

137MORTO DA FELTRO AND ANDREA DI COSIMO FELTRINI

38JACOPO DI CASENTINO

138MARCO CALAVRESE

39SPINELLO ARETINO

139FRANCESCO MAZZUOLI

40GHERARDO STARNINA

140JACOPO PALMA AND LORENZO LOTTO

41LIPPO

141FOOTNOTES

42DON LORENZO MONACO

142FRA GIOCONDO, LIBERALE, AND OTHER CRAFTSMEN OF VERONA

43TADDEO BARTOLI

143FRANCESCO GRANACCI (IL GRANACCIO)

44LORENZO DI BICCI

144BACCIO D' AGNOLO

45THE SECOND PART OF THE LIVES OF THE SCULPTORS, PAINTERS, AND ARCHITECTS, WHO HAVE LIVED FROM CIMABUE TO OUR OWN DAY. WRITTEN BY MESSER GIORGIO VASARI, PAINTER AND ARCHITECT OF AREZZO

145VALERIO VICENTINO, GIOVANNI DA CASTEL BOLOGNESE, MATTEO DAL NASSARO OF VERONA, AND OTHER EXCELLENT ENGRAVERS OF CAMEOS AND GEMS

46PREFACE TO THE SECOND PART

146MARC' ANTONIO BOLOGNESE AND OTHER ENGRAVERS OF PRINTS

47JACOPO DELLA QUERCIA

147ANTONIO DA SAN GALLO (THE YOUNGER)

48NICCOLÒ ARETINO

148GIULIO ROMANO

49DELLO

149FRA SEBASTIANO VINIZIANO DEL PIOMBO

50NANNI D'ANTONIO DI BANCO

150PERINO DEL VAGA

51LUCA DELLA ROBBIA

151GIORGIO VASARI TO THE CRAFTSMEN IN DESIGN

52PAOLO UCCELLO

152DOMENICO BECCAFUMI

53LORENZO GHIBERTI

153GIOVANNI ANTONIO LAPPOLI

54MASOLINO DA PANICALE

154NICCOLÒ SOGGI

55PARRI SPINELLI

155FOOTNOTES

56MASACCIO

156NICCOLÒ, CALLED TRIBOLO

57FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI

157PIERINO (PIERO) DA VINCI

58DONATO

158BACCIO BANDINELLI

59MICHELOZZO MICHELOZZI

159GIULIANO BUGIARDINI

60FOOTNOTES

160CRISTOFANO GHERARDI, CALLED DOCENO

61ANTONIO FILARETE AND SIMONE

161JACOPO DA PONTORMO

62GIULIANO DA MAIANO

162SIMONE MOSCA

63PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA

163GIROLAMO AND BARTOLOMMEO GENGA, AND GIOVAN BATTISTA SAN MARINO, SON-IN-LAW OF GIROLAMO

64FRA GIOVANNI DA FIESOLE

164MICHELE SAN MICHELE

65LEON BATISTA ALBERTI

165GIOVANNI ANTONIO BAZZI, CALLED IL SODOMA

66LAZZARO VASARI

166FOOTNOTES

67ANTONELLO DA MESSINA

167BASTIANO DA SAN GALLO, CALLED ARISTOTILE

68ALESSO BALDOVINETTI

168BENVENUTO GAROFALO AND GIROLAMO DA CARPI, AND OTHER LOMBARDS

69VELLANO DA PADOVA

169RIDOLFO, DAVID, AND BENEDETTO GHIRLANDAJO

70FRA FILIPPO LIPPI

170GIOVANNI DA UDINE

71PAOLO ROMANO, MAESTRO MINO, AND CHIMENTI CAMICIA

171BATTISTA FRANCO

72ANDREA DAL CASTAGNO OF MUGELLO AND DOMENICO VINIZIANO

172GIOVAN FRANCESCO RUSTICI

73GENTILE DA FABRIANO AND VITTORE PISANELLO OF VERONA

173FRA GIOVANNI AGNOLO MONTORSOLI

74PESELLO AND FRANCESCO PESELLI

174FRANCESCO SALVIATI

75BENOZZO GOZZOLI

175DANIELLO RICCIARELLI

76FRANCESCO DI GIORGIO AND LORENZO VECCHIETTO

176TADDEO ZUCCHERO

77GALASSO FERRARESE

177FOOTNOTES

78ANTONIO AND BERNARDO ROSSELLINO

178Volume 9

79DESIDERIO DA SETTIGNANO

179MICHELAGNOLO BUONARROTI (pt. 1)

80MINO DA FIESOLE

180MICHELAGNOLO BUONARROTI (pt. 2)

81LORENZO COSTA

181MICHELAGNOLO BUONARROTI (pt. 3)

82ERCOLE FERRARESE

182FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO

83JACOPO, GIOVANNI, AND GENTILE BELLINI

183TIZIANO DA CADORE

84COSIMO ROSSELLI

184JACOPO SANSOVINO

85CECCA

185LEONE LIONI OF AREZZO

86DON BARTOLOMMEO DELLA GATTA

186DON GIULIO CLOVIO

87GHERARDO

187DIVERS ITALIAN CRAFTSMEN

88DOMENICO GHIRLANDAJO

188DIVERS FLEMINGS

89ANTONIO AND PIERO POLLAIUOLO

189FOOTNOTES

90SANDRO BOTTICELLI

190Volume 10

91BENEDETTO DA MAIANO

191OF THE ACADEMICIANS OF DESIGN, PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, AND ARCHITECTS, AND OF THEIR WORKS, AND FIRST OF BRONZINO

92ANDREA VERROCCHIO

192OF THE ACADEMICIANS DESCRIPTION OF THE FESTIVE PREPARATIONS FOR THE NUPTIALS OF THE PRINCE DON FRANCESCO OF TUSCANY (pt. 1)

93ANDREA MANTEGNA

193OF THE ACADEMICIANS DESCRIPTION OF THE FESTIVE PREPARATIONS FOR THE NUPTIALS OF THE PRINCE DON FRANCESCO OF TUSCANY (pt. 2)

94FOOTNOTES:

194OF THE ACADEMICIANS DESCRIPTION OF THE FESTIVE PREPARATIONS FOR THE NUPTIALS OF THE PRINCE DON FRANCESCO OF TUSCANY (pt. 3)

95FILIPPO LIPPI

195GIORGIO VASARI

96BERNARDINO PINTURICCHIO

196THE AUTHOR TO THE CRAFTSMEN OF DESIGN

97FRANCESCO FRANCIA

197FOOTNOTES

98PIETRO PERUGINO

198Analysis

99VITTORE SCARPACCIA (CARPACCIO), AND OTHER VENETIAN AND LOMBARD PAINTERS

199Reflection

100JACOPO, CALLED L'INDACO

200Memorable Quotes

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