Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects
The first great history of Renaissance art, from Cimabue and Giotto to Botticelli and DonatelloBy Giorgio Vasari
Length95h 10m
About this audiobook
The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and is a series of artist biographies written by 16th-century Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari, which is considered "perhaps the most famous, and even today the most-read work of the older literature of art", "some of the Italian Renaissance's most influential writing on art" and "the first important book on art history". The title is often abridged to just the Vite or the Lives.
Contents:
Cimabue
Arnolfo di Lapo
Nicola Pisano
Giovanni Pisano
Andrea Tafi
Gaddo Gaddi
Margaritone
Giotto
Agostino and Agnolo
Stefano and Ugolino
Pietro Lorenzetti
Andrea Pisano
Buonamico Buffalmacco
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Pietro Cavallini
Simone Martini
Taddeo Gaddi
Andrea Orcagna
Tommaso Fiorentino
Giovanni da Ponte
Agnolo Gaddi
Berna Sanese
Duccio
Antonio Viniziano
Jacopo di Casentino
Spinello Aretino
Gherardo Starnina
Lippo
Lorenzo Monaco
Taddeo Bartoli
Lorenzo di Bicci
Jacopo della Quercia
Niccolo Aretino
Dello
Nanni di Banco
Luca della Robbia
Paolo Uccello
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Masolino da Panicale
Parri Spinelli
Masaccio
Filippo Brunelleschi
Donatello
Michelozzo Michelozzi
Antonio Filarete
Giuliano da Maiano
Piero della Francesca
Fra Angelico
Leon Battista Alberti
Lazaro Vasari
Antonello da Messina
Alesso Baldovinetti
Vellano da Padova
Fra Filippo Lippi
Gentile da Fabriano
Vittore Pisanello
Pesello and Francesco Pesellino
Benozzo Gozzoli
Francesco di Giorgio
Galasso Ferrarese
Desiderio da Settignano
Mino da Fiesole
Lorenzo Costa
Ercole Ferrarese
Cosimo Rosselli
Il Cecca
Sandro Botticelli
Benedetto da Maiano
Andrea Mantegna
Filippino Lippi
Giorgio Vasari
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Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Other
Length95 hrs 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 4, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects
90Pietro Perugino
2Translator’s Preface to this Edition
91Vittore Scarpaccia (Carpaccio), And Other Venetian and Lombard Painters
3To the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Signor Cosimo De’ Medici, Duke of Florence
92Jacopo, Called L’Indaco
4To the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Signor Cosimo De’ Medici, Duke of Florence and Siena
93Luca Signorelli of Cortona
5Pius Papa Quintus (Pope Pius V)
94The Third 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
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6Preface to the Whole Work
95Leonardo Da Vinci
7Preface to the Lives
96Giorgione Da Castelfranco
8Concerning 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
97Antonio Da Correggio
9Giovanni Cimabue
98Piero Di Cosimo
10Arnolfo Di Lapo
99Bramante Da Urbino
11Niccola and Giovanni of Pisa
100Fra Bartolommeo Di San Marco
12Andrea Tafi
101Mariotto Albertinelli
13Gaddo Gaddi
102Raffaellino Del Garbo
14Margaritone
103Torrigiano
15Giotto
104Giuliano and Antonio Da San Gallo
16Agostino and Agnolo of Siena
105Raffaello Da Urbino
17Stefano and Ugolino Sanese
106Guglielmo Da Marcilla
18Pietro Laurati
107Simone
19Andrea Pisano
108Domenico Puligo
20Buonamico Buffalmacco
109Andrea Da Fiesole
21Ambrogio Lorenzetti
110Vincenzio Da San Gimignano and Timoteo Da Urbino
22Pietro Cavallini
111Andrea Dal Monte Sansovino
23Simone Sanese
112Benedetto Da Rovezzano
24Taddeo Gaddi
113Baccio Da Montelupo and Raffaello, his Son
25Andrea Di Cione Orcagna
114Lorenzo Di Credi
26Tommaso, Called Giottino
115Lorenzetto and Boccaccino
27Giovanni Dal Ponte
116Baldassarre Peruzzi
28Agnolo Gaddi
117Giovan Francesco Penni of Florence and Pellegrino Da Modena
29Berna
118Andrea Del Sarto
30Duccio
119Madonna Properzia De’ Rossi
31Antonio Viniziano
120Alfonso Lombardi of Ferrara, Michelagnolo Da Siena, Girolamo Santa Croce of Naples, Dosso and Battista Dossi
32Jacopo Di Casentino
121Giovanni Antonio Licinio of Pordenone, and Other Painters of Friuli
33Spinello Aretino
122Giovanni Antonio Sogliani
34Gherardo Starnina
123Girolamo Da Treviso
35Lippo
124Polidoro Da Caravaggio and Maturino
36Don Lorenzo Monaco
125Il Rosso
37Taddeo Bartoli
126Bartolommeo Da Bagnacavallo and Others
38Lorenzo Di Bicci
127Franciabigio
39The 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
128Morto Da Feltro and Andrea Di Cosimo Feltrini
40Preface to the Second Part
129Marco Calavrese
41Jacopo Della Quercia
130Francesco Mazzuoli
42Niccolò Aretino
131Jacopo Palma and Lorenzo Lotto
43Dello
132Fra Giocondo, Liberale, and Other Craftsmen of Verona
44Nanni d’Antonio Di Banco
133Francesco Granacci (Il Granaccio)
45Luca Della Robbia
134Baccio D’ Agnolo
46Paolo Uccello
135Valerio Vicentino, Giovanni Da Castel Bolognese, Matteo Dal Nassaro of Verona, and Other Excellent Engravers of Cameos and Gems
47Lorenzo Ghiberti
136Marc’ Antonio Bolognese and Other Engravers of Prints
48Masolino Da Panicale
137Antonio Da San Gallo (The Younger)
49Parri Spinelli
138Giulio Romano
50Masaccio
139Fra Sebastiano Viniziano Del Piombo
51Filippo Brunelleschi
140Perino Del Vaga
52Donato
141Giorgio Vasari to the Craftsmen in Design
53Michelozzo Michelozzi
142Domenico Beccafumi
54Antonio Filarete and Simone
143Giovanni Antonio Lappoli
55Giuliano Da Maiano
144Niccolò Soggi
56Piero Della Francesca
145Niccolò, Called Tribolo
57Fra Giovanni Da Fiesole
146Pierino (Piero) Da Vinci
58Leon Batista Alberti
147Baccio Bandinelli
59Lazzaro Vasari
148Giuliano Bugiardini
60Antonello Da Messina
149Cristofano Gherardi, Called Doceno
61Alesso Baldovinetti
150Jacopo Da Pontormo
62Vellano Da Padova
151Simone Mosca
63Fra Filippo Lippi
152Girolamo and Bartolommeo Genga, and Giovan Battista San Marino, Son-in-law of Girolamo
64Paolo Romano, Maestro Mino, and Chimenti Camicia
153Michele San Michele
65Andrea Dal Castagno of Mugello and Domenico Viniziano
154Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, Called Il Sodoma
66Gentile Da Fabriano and Vittore Pisanello of Verona
155Bastiano Da San Gallo, Called Aristotile
67Pesello and Francesco Peselli
156Benvenuto Garofalo and Girolamo Da Carpi, and Other Lombards
68Benozzo Gozzoli
157Ridolfo, David, and Benedetto Ghirlandajo
69Francesco Di Giorgio and Lorenzo Vecchietto
158Giovanni Da Udine
70Galasso Ferrarese
159Battista Franco
71Antonio and Bernardo Rossellino
160Giovan Francesco Rustici
72Desiderio Da Settignano
161Fra Giovanni Agnolo Montorsoli
73Mino Da Fiesole
162Francesco Salviati
74Lorenzo Costa
163Daniello Ricciarelli
75Ercole Ferrarese
164Taddeo Zucchero
76Jacopo, Giovanni, and Gentile Bellini
165Michelagnolo Buonarroti (pt. 1)
77Cosimo Rosselli
166Michelagnolo Buonarroti (pt. 2)
78Cecca
167Michelagnolo Buonarroti (pt. 3)
79Don Bartolommeo Della Gatta
168Francesco Primaticcio
80Gherardo
169Tiziano Da Cadore
81Domenico Ghirlandajo
170Jacopo Sansovino
82Antonio and Piero Pollaiuolo
171Leone Lioni of Arezzo
83Sandro Botticelli
172Don Giulio Clovio
84Benedetto Da Maiano
173Divers Italian Craftsmen
85Andrea Verrocchio
174Divers Flemings (pt. 1)
86Andrea Mantegna
175Divers Flemings (pt. 2)
87Filippo Lippi
176Divers Flemings (pt. 3)
88Bernardino Pinturicchio
177Giorgio Vasari
89Francesco Francia
178The Author to the Craftsmen of Design
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