Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects - Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Lives of the Most Eminent PaintersSculptors and Architects, by Giorgio VasariThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and ArchitectsVolume 1, Cimabue to Agnolo GaddiAuthor: Giorgio VasariTranslator: Gaston du C. de VereRelease Date: May 5, 2008 [EBook #25326]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LIVES OF MOST EMINENT PAINTERS ***Produced by Mark C. Orton and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file wasproduced from images generously made available by TheInternet Archive/Canadian Libraries)LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT PAINTERSSCULPTORS & ARCHITECTS1912BY GIORGIO VASARI:NEWLY TRANSLATED BY GASTON Du C. DE VERE. WITH FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS: IN TENVOLUMESLONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO. LD.& THE MEDICI SOCIETY, LD. 1912-14CONTENTS OF VOLUME I PAGETRANSLATOR'S PREFACE TO THIS EDITION xiDEDICATIONS TO COSIMO DE' MEDICIEDITION OF 1550 xiiiEDITION OF 1568 xviiIMPRIMATUR OF POPE PIUS V xxiTHE AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE WHOLE WORK xxiiiTHE AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE LIVES xxxviiGIOVANNI CIMABUE 1ARNOLFO DI LAPO 11NICCOLA AND GIOVANNI OF PISA [NICCOLA PISANO: GIOVANNI PISANO] 27ANDREA TAFI 45GADDO GADDI 53MARGARITONE ...