This is the second volume of Giorgio Vasari’s Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, the founding work of art history first published in 1550. Covering artists from Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi, it gathers biographies, anecdotes, and critical judgments about the masters of the Italian Renaissance.
Vasari, himself a painter and architect, wrote with intimate knowledge of his subjects and shaped how later generations understood the achievements of Florentine and Italian art. His vivid portraits established the idea of the artist as creative genius. This free EPUB edition offers a complete volume for readers of art history and Renaissance culture.