Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

About “Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects”

The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects is a series of artist biographies written by Giorgio Vasari, a 16th-century Italian painter and architect. It is considered one of the most famous and widely read works in the older literature of art. The book is regarded as some of the Italian Renaissance's most influential writing on art and is recognized as the first important book on art history. Vasari's work provides detailed accounts of the lives and achievements of artists from his time and earlier periods. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)