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Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects.(Review)
Trans. Gaston du C. de Vere; Intro. and notes, David Ekserdjian New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. 2 vols. 2,114 pp., $60.00
Published in the middle years of the 16th century and thus almost 500 years old, Vasari's monumental Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects is without question the single greatest book ever written about the history of art. Far more significantly, it is one of the masterpieces of Western literature. Of great moment, therefore, is the recent reprinting of Gaston du C. de Vere's classic translation of Vasari's biographies in the Everyman's Library series, an affordable, handsomely proportioned two-volume boxed set, making the "lives" ...
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