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The Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari · Audiobook preview

A selection of 36 essential biographies (abridged from the original 200+). The Lives of the Artists (Oxford World's Classics)

Reviewers note that while the sentences can be long and "eloquent," they capture the "chatty" and humorous spirit of the original 16th-century text. The Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari

While Vasari himself was notoriously biased toward Florentine artists and prone to inventing anecdotes, this edition uses footnotes to point out where he’s wrong about dates or attributions. The Lives of the Artists (Oxford World's Classics)