Leonardo, Michelangelo & Raphael: Deluxe Slip-case Edition

by Giorgio Vasari

Overview

Adapted from Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects (1568), this handsome slipcased book focuses on the three giants of Italian Renaissance art - Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti and Raphael.

Vasari's combination of biographical anecdote and critical scrutiny remains a vivid and informative guide to the major figures of Renaissance cultural life, and the book was described as the 'first important book in art history'.

This hardback slipcased edition includes beautiful gold stamping on its clothbound cover and gorgeous full-color images inside. These images showcase the spectacular work of these artists, including The Creation of Adam, Mona Lisa and The School of Athens.

Whether you are a layperson, hobbyist or art history expert, this classic book provides a wonderful insight into Renaissance art, presented in a wonderful gift edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788883290
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing Limited
Publication date:	11/15/2018
Edition description:	Translatio
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Giorgio Vasari was an Italian artist, writer and architect. His Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects is considered the ideological foundation of encyclopedic art history writing.