Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Volume 5

About this film

LibriVox recording of Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Volume 5 by Giorgio Vasari. (Translated by Gaston du C. de Vere.) Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was originally known in Italian, 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 the Vite or the Lives. - Summary from Wikipedia For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (237MB)

Directors & creators

Giorgio Vasari

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;art; biography; renaissance; Italy; sculpture; art history; painting; architecture; italian art; renaissance italy; renaissance art

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