Giorgio Vasari Audio Books

Vasari described the lives of great artists with striking immediacy conveyed through character sketches, anecdotes, and detailed recording of conversations. Volume one includes Brunelleschi, da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, and fifteen more.

The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle piĆ¹ eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori, as it was originally known in Italian, is a series of artist biographies written by 16th century Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari.

These biographies of the great quattrocento artists have long been considered among the most important of contemporary sources on Italian Renaissance art.

An Italian Mannerist architect and painter, Giorgio Vasari was acquainted with many of the most famous artists of his day....

Vasari described the lives of great artists with striking immediacy conveyed through character sketches, anecdotes, and detailed recording of conversations. Volume two includes Luca della Robia, Piero di Cosimo, Jacopo Sansovino, and twenty-two more.