Lives of the Artists

by Giorgio Vasari

(A Selection Translated by George Bull)

Three Volumes

The Folio Society, 1993,[Second Printing], coloured illustrated plates throughout each volume, three volumes in cloth covered slipcase, hardcovers with gilded lettering and decorations on covers and slipcase

Near Fine Condition, minor edge and shelf wear to volumes, no inscriptions, very clean, bright and tight copies, slipcase shows a little edge and shelf wear with minor rubbing and marks to case (see photographs)

“In his Lives of the Artists of the Italian Renaissance, Vasari demonstrated a literary talent that outshone even his outstanding abilities as a painter and architect. Through character sketches and anecdotes he depicts Piero di Cosimo shut away in his derelict house, living only to paint; Giulio Romano’s startling painting of Jove striking down the giants; and his friend Francesco Salviati, whose biography also tells us much about Vasari’s own early career. Vasari’s original and soaring vision plus his acute aesthetic judgements have made him one of the most influential art historians of all time.”