Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti
Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti is a 1647 Bologna edition of Giorgio Vasari's lives of Italian artists, printed by the heirs of Evangelista Dozza and edited by Carlo Manolessi for readers interested in Italian art. The pictures are small square woodcut-style ornaments of black scrolls, foliage and leafy motifs arranged in four-part symmetrical blocks on pale paper, with stiff, bold shapes a designer could adapt for tiled or repeating patterns, borders and corner ornaments.
