Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects , vol. 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects , vol. 1, credited to Giorgio Vasari, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects , vol. 1, by Giorgio Vasari. The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori, as it was originally known in Italian, is a series of artist biographies written by 16th century Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari, which is considered "perhaps the most famous, and even today the most- read work of the older literature of art", "some of the Italian Renaissance's most influential writing on art", and "one of the founding texts in art history". Vasari's work has been described as "by far the most influential single text for the history of Renaissance art" and "the most important work of Renaissance biography of artists". Its influence is situated mainly in three domains: as an example for contemporary and later biographers and art historians, as a defining factor in the view on the Renaissance and the role of Florence and Rome in it, and as a major source of information on the lives and works of early Italian artists. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects , vol. 1
• Author credits: Giorgio Vasari
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 8:42:37

Catalogue topics

• Art
• Sculpture
• Italian
• Biography

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - Translator's Preface and Dedications to Cosimo de Medici — 14:41
2. 02 - Preface to the Whole Work — 36:47
3. 03 - Preface to the Lives — 59:03
4. 04 - Giovanni Cimabue — 17:44
5. 05 - Arnolfo di Lapo — 32:28
6. 06 - Niccola and Giovanni of Pisa — 43:00
7. 07 - Andrea Tafi — 11:00
8. 08 - Gaddo Gaddi — 11:32
9. 09 - Margaritone — 10:29
10. 10 - Giotto, part 1 — 27:06
11. 11 - Giotto, part 2 — 30:45
12. 12 - Agostino and Agnolo of Siena — 20:25
13. 13 - Stefano and Ugolino Sanese — 11:40
14. 14 - Pietro Laurati — 9:22
15. 15 - Andrea Pisano — 20:26
16. 16 - Buonamico Buffalmacco, part 1 — 21:28
17. 17 - Buonamico Buffalmacco, part 2 — 15:55
18. 18 - Ambrogio Lorenzetti — 7:03
19. 19 - Pietro Cavallini — 9:27
20. 20 - Simone Sanese — 18:46
21. 21 - Life of Taddeo Gaddi, Painter of Florence — 28:21
22. 22 - Andrea di Cione Orcagna — 23:55
23. 23 - Tommaso, called Giottino — 17:55
24. 24 - Giovanni dal Ponte — 6:01

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