THE LIFE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI

A long-awaited new translation of Giorgio Vasaris Life of Leonardo da Vinci, illustrated for the first time, that preserves Vasar is compelling narrative and respects his meaning with a new precision. Giorgio Vasaris Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculp tors, and Architects (1550 and 1568) is a classic of cultural history. This beautiful gift edition offers a literary translation by eminent scholar Martin Kemp that respects the sixteenth-century Italian, transposing Vasaris vocabulary into its modern equivalent. Translated in ...[Read more]