Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects by Giorgio Vasari

Biographies of artists of the Italian Renaissance. All ten volumes. Over 500 illustrations, many in color. VOLUME 1 - CIMABUE TO AGNOLO GADDI, VOLUME 2 - BERNA TO MICHELOZZO MICHELOZZI, VOLUME 3 - FILARETE AND SIMONE TO MANTEGNA, VOLUME 4 - FILIPPINO LIPPI TO DOMENICO PULIGO, VOLUME 5 - ANDREA DA FIESOLE TO LORENZO LOTTO, , VOLUME 6 - FRA GIOCONDO TO NICCOLO SOGGI, VOLUME 7 - TRIBOLO TO IL SODOMA, VOLUME 8 - BASTIANO TO TADDEO ZUCCHERO, VOLUME 9 - MICHELAGNOLO TO THE FLEMINGS, VOLUME 10 - BRONZINO TO VASARI, & GENERAL INDEX According to Wikipedia: Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter, writer, historian and architect, who is today famous for his biographies of Italian artists, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.