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An Italian Mannerist architect and painter, Giorgio Vasari was acquainted with many of the most famous artists of his day. He is best-known today for his biographies of artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, and Giotto. This recording is read with clarity and authority by Neville Jason.
Giorgio Vasari: The Lives of the Artists
Preface to The Lives
Cimabue c. 1240-1302? [1240-1300]*
Giotto c. 1267-1337 [1276-1336]
When the Pope had seen these works…
Andrea Pisano c. 1290-1348/9
Luca Della Robbia 1399/1400-1482 [1388-?]
Paolo Uccello 1396/7-1475 [1350-1432]
Lorenzo Ghiberti 1378-1455
Donatello and Filippo, when they perceived…
Masaccio 1401-1428 [?-1443]
Filippo Brunelleschi 1377-1446
Brunelleschi: Filippo was born in the year 1377
On his arrival, the wardens of S. Maria…
It then occurred to Filippo that he would…
The murmurers had now been silenced…
Donatello 1386?-1466 [1383-1466]
Piero della Francesca c. 1410/20-1492
Fra Angelico c. 1410/20-1492 [1387-1455]
Antonello da Messina c. 1430-1479
Fra Filippo Lippi c. 1406-1469 [1381-1438]
Jacopo, c. 1400-1470/71, Gentile 1429?-1507 and Giovanni Bellini c. 1430/40-1516
Sandro Botticelli 1444/5-1510 [1437-1515]
Andrea Verrocchio c. 1435-1488
Andrea Mantegna 1431-1506 [1451-1517]
Luca Signorelli 1441?-1523 [1439-1521]
Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519
He afterwards devoted even greater care to…
Giorgione 1476/8-1510 [1470-1511]
Piero di Cosimo c.1462-1521? [1441-1521]
Bramante 1444-1514
Fra Bartolommeo 1472/5-1517 [1469-1517]
While he was engaged in producing these…
In his childhood Raphael imitated the style…
Andrea del Sarto 1486-1530 [1478-1520]
At that time there was a sacristan…
When Andrea left for France,…
Rosso Fiorentino 1495-1540 [?-1541]
Francesco Mazzuoli, called Parmigianino 1503-1540 [1504-1540]
Preface to The Lives