Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Giorgio Vasari and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 1 In our own language, no translation, previous to the present, has appeared; but an abridgement of a few of the lives was published in a thin 4to, London, 1719. Of the mode in which the present attempt has been performed, the reader will form his own judgment. The object of the translator has been to give Vasari as he is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.