Vasari D. Vazari D., Zhizneopisaniya naibolee znamenitykh zhivopistsev, vayatele

In Russian. Short description: Vasari D., Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. Volumes I-II, Moscow-Leningrad, 1933. Translated and annotated by Yu. Verkhovsky, A. Gabrichevsky, B. Griftsov, A. Guber, A. Dzhivelegov, and A. Efros, with a preface by A. Lunacharsky, edited and introduced by A. Dzhivelegov and A. Efros, designed by I. Rerberg. "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters." by the Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) is a book that marks the beginning of the history of art in Europe. Both in content and form, it has long been considered a classic. The work contains biographies of famous Italian painters, architects, and sculptors of the Renaissance era, including Cimabue, Paolo Uccello, Masaccio, Filippo Brunelleschi, Donatello, Raphael, Titian, Michelangelo, and others. The books also include numerous factual details about the artistic life in Italy. Reproductions of paintings, photographs of sculptures, and architectural monuments are published on separate pages of coated paper. Giorgio Vasari was a courtier of the ruler of Florence, Cosimo de' Medici, and was an artist, art historian, and connoisseur of art and biography. In the original, his work consists of many volumes, but only the most significant portions of the "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters" were translated into Russian. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUMS001820