Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 3

Giorgio Vasari (1511 - 1574)
Translated by Gaston du C. de Vere ( - 1955)

The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' piĆ¹ eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was originally known in Italian, is a series of artist biographies written by 16th-century Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari, which is considered "perhaps the most famous, and even today the most-read work of the older literature of art", "some of the Italian Renaissance's most influential writing on art", and "the first important book on art history". The title is often abridged to the Vite or the Lives. - Summary by Wikipedia

Genre(s): Art, Design & Architecture, Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Group: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Antonio Filarete and Simone MorganScorpion
00:12:13
Play 02 Giuliano da Maiano Sandra Cullum
00:12:22
Play 03 Piero della Francesca (Piero Borghese) MorganScorpion
00:19:04
Play 04 Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (Fra Angelico) MorganScorpion
00:31:08
Play 05 Leon Batista Alberti Mary J
00:12:40
Play 06 Lazzaro Vasari Sandra Cullum
00:16:07
Play 07 Antonello da Messina Sandra Cullum
00:16:49
Play 08 Alesso Baldovinetti Sandra Cullum
00:12:22
Play 09 Vellano da Padova Sandra Cullum
00:08:31
Play 10 Fra Filippo Lippi Leni
00:23:55
Play 11 Paolo Romano and Maestro Mino (Mino del Regno, or Mino del Reame) and Chimenti Camicia Sandra Cullum
00:10:59
Play 12 Andrea dal Castagno of Mugello and Domenico Viniziano (Andrea degl'Impiccati and Domenico da Venezia) Sandra Cullum
00:26:16
Play 13 Gentile da Fabriano and Vittore Pisanello of Verona Sandra Cullum
00:15:56
Play 14 Pesello and Francesco Peselli (Pesellino, or Francesco di Pesello) MorganScorpion
00:05:14
Play 15 Benozzo Gozzoli MorganScorpion
00:11:01
Play 16 Francesco di Giorgio and Lorenzo Vecchietto MorganScorpion
00:07:30
Play 17 Galasso Ferrarese (Galasso Galassi) MorganScorpion
00:03:56
Play 18 Antonio Rossellino (Rossellino dal Proconsolo) Jairus Amar
00:15:43
Play 19 Desiderio da Settignano Mary J
00:06:10
Play 20 Mino da Fiesole (Mino di Giovanni) Sandra Cullum
00:15:30
Play 21 Lorenzo Costa Sandra Cullum
00:10:41
Play 22 Ercole Ferrarese (Ercole da Ferrara) Sandra Cullum
00:10:39
Play 23 Jacopo, Giovanni, and Gentile Bellini Mary J
00:23:58
Play 24 Cosimo Rosselli Lisa Reichert
00:08:48
Play 25 Cecca MaryAnn
00:19:55
Play 26 Don Bartolommeo della Gatta Mary J
00:14:57
Play 27 Gherardo Ashley
00:07:30
Play 28 Domenico Ghirlandajo David Wales
00:39:23
Play 29 Antonio and Piero Pollaiuolo Wanda White
00:16:47
Play 30 Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro di Filipepi or Sando di Botticello) Leni
00:19:15
Play 31 Benedetto da Maiano Lee Williams
00:18:29
Play 32 Andrea Verrocchio Jairus Amar
00:31:21
Play 33 Andrea Mantegna MorganScorpion
00:21:33