Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

Name: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
Author: Giorgio Vasari

by Giorgio Vasari

Renaissance biographical and critical work on Italian painters, sculptors, architects

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Giorgio Vasari

Vasari invented art history with his Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, creating the narrative of Renaissance art as a story of progressive achievement culminating in Michelangelo. His framework dominated art history for centuries.