by Giorgio Vasari, George Bull · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780146001499
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This book presents a selection of biographies of three of the most important artists of the Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo. Giorgio Vasari, a 16th-century artist and architect, offers an intimate view of their lives, from their early years and the influences that marked them, to their travels and artistic achievements. The author details the grace and ingenuity of Leonardo, the rivalry between Leonardo and Michelangelo, and the evolution of Raphael's style after studying the Florentine masterpieces. An essential reading to understand the art and culture of the Renaissance.
Giorgio Vasari was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer known for his work Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, considered the ideological foundation of Western art-historical writing, and still much cited in modern biographies of the many Italian Renaissance artists he covers, including Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, although he is since regarded as including many factual errors, especially when covering artists from before he was born.
