<b>The text of this book is not available in this moment.</b><br/><img src="/Content/books/thumbs/15907.jpg" style="margin-top:15px;margin-right:15px;margin-bottom:25px;float:left"><u>Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 8</u><br><span>The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times (in the original Italian, Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri) is a collection of biographies of Italian artists written by the 16th-century Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari. The Vite or "Lives" is a valuable witness of the thought about art at the times now known as Renaissance by one of its actors: Vasari is mostly known for being the mind behind the revitalization of the Uffizi, in Florence. The Lives are a fundamental work for art historians.</span><div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />