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Giorgio Vasari's The Lives of the Most Famous Painters, Sculptors and Architects (1550 and 1568) is a classic of cultural history. A monumental assembly of artists' lives from Giotto to...

Author: Giorgio VasariBinding: HardbackPublished: BAY BOOKS, Sydney & London, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA restless observer moves through workshops and courts, capturing rivalries, obsessions, and moments of...

Lives of the Artists made Vasari one of the most influential art historians of all time, fusing literary and artistic ability In his Lives of the Artists of the Italian...

Penguin Classics relaunch Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo....

Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Most Famous Painters, Sculptors and Architects (1550 and 1569) is a classic of cultural history. A monumental assembly of artists' lives from Giotto to Michelangelo,...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A landmark work in art history, Artists of the Renaissance: An Illustrated Selection...

This important and innovative book examines artists' mobility as a critical aspect of Italian Renaissance art. It is well known that many eminent artists such as Cimabue, Giotto, Donatello, Lotto,...

A brilliant reinvention of the detective novel, set in Renaissance Florence and packed with art, scandal, murder and scheming - from the author of the international bestseller HHhH. Florence, New...

Art, scandal, and murder in Renaissance Florence as a great art historian is charged to investigate the murder of a painter - from the author of the international bestseller HHhH....

Author: Luciano BertiBinding: PaperbackPublished: BECCUTI EDITORECondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling volume chronicles the rich history of one of the world's...

A new translation of this haunting collection of short stories that evoke 1930s Ferrara, with an introduction by Ali Smith Isolated lives and a lost world are evoked in these...

Five hundred years ago the legendary Renaissance genius, Michelangelo (1475-1564), put the first brushstroke to his most ambitious creation. As he started work on his vast fresco cycle for the...

Author: Terisio PignattiBinding: HardbackPublished: Phaidon, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: one chip on spine jacket, foxing on FEP/End pageThis authoritative art history volume presents a comprehensive...

A few days before Christmas, with Parma gripped by frost and fog, Ghitta Tagliavini, the elderly owner of a guesthouse in the old town centre, is found murdered in her...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work of art history, Giorgione: Myth and Enigma presents a rigorous and...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A cornerstone of Italian literary realism, Mastro-Don Gesualdo chronicles the relentless rise...

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