Le vite de' piv eccellenti pittori, scvltori, et architettori

Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574 · 1568 · In Fiorenza : Appresso i Givnti · 11 pictures

Vasari's Le vite de' piv eccellenti pittori, scvltori, et architettori, printed in Florence in 1568 by the Giunti press, is a richly illustrated Italian biography of Renaissance painters, sculptors and architects. Its pictures are framed oval portrait medallions with caption plates naming each artist, and a designer might take the repeated ornamental architectural frames, figural corbels and scrolling cartouches as models for decorative borders.

Artists · Art, Italian · Artists -- Italy -- Biography -- Early works to 1800 · Artists -- Italy -- Portraits -- Early works to 1800 · Art, Italian -- Early works to 1800

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