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Author(s): Vasari, Giorgio
Reader(s): Jason, Neville
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Non-Fiction
Catalogue No: NA691012
Barcode: 9789626349106
Release Date: 07/2008
VASARI, G.: Lives of the Great Artists (The) (Selections)
An Italian Mannerist architect and painter, Giorgio Vasari was acquainted with many of the most famous artists of his day. He is best-known today for his biographies of artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian and Giotto. This recording is read with clarity and authority by Neville Jason.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Vasari, Giorgio - Author
|  | 1 | Preface to The Lives | 08:02 |
| | 2 | Cimabue c. 1240-1302? [1240-1300]* | 07:00 |
| | 3 | Giotto c. 1267-1337 [1276-1336] | 09:10 |
| | 4 | When the Pope had seen these works… | 06:10 |
| | 5 | Andrea Pisano c. 1290-1348/9 | 07:13 |
| | 6 | Luca Della Robbia 1399/1400-1482 [1388-?] | 06:26 |
| | 7 | Paolo Uccello 1396/7-1475 [1350-1432] | 11:52 |
| | 8 | Lorenzo Ghiberti 1378-1455 | 05:46 |
| | 9 | Donatello and Filippo, when they perceived… | 07:39 |
| | 10 | Masaccio 1401-1428 [?-1443] | 05:54 |
| | 11 | Filippo Brunelleschi 1377-1446 | 03:42 |
Disc 2
| | 1 | Brunelleschi: Filippo was born in the year 1377 | 07:26 |
| | 2 | On his arrival, the wardens of S. Maria… | 08:48 |
| | 3 | It then occurred to Filippo that he would… | 07:40 |
| | 4 | The murmurers had now been silenced… | 06:08 |
| | 5 | Donatello 1386?-1466 [1383-1466] | 11:08 |
| | 6 | Piero della Francesca c. 1410/20-1492 | 05:25 |
| | 7 | Fra Angelico c. 1410/20-1492 [1387-1455] | 06:10 |
| | 8 | Antonello da Messina c. 1430-1479 | 04:57 |
| | 9 | Fra Filippo Lippi c. 1406-1469 [1381-1438] | 07:24 |
| | 10 | Jacopo, c. 1400-1470/71, Gentile 1429?-1507 and Giovanni Bellini c. 1430/40-1516 | 08:23 |
| | 11 | Sandro Botticelli 1444/5-1510 [1437-1515] | 05:55 |
Disc 3
| | 1 | Andrea Verrocchio c. 1435-1488 | 07:38 |
| | 2 | Andrea Mantegna 1431-1506 [1451-1517] | 05:16 |
| | 3 | Luca Signorelli 1441?-1523 [1439-1521] | 04:38 |
| | 4 | Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 | 07:11 |
| | 5 | He afterwards devoted even greater care to… | 06:08 |
| | 6 | Giorgione 1476/8-1510 [1470-1511] | 04:25 |
| | 7 | Piero di Cosimo c.1462-1521? [1441-1521] | 05:40 |
| | 8 | Bramante 1444-1514 | 07:38 |
| | 9 | Fra Bartolommeo 1472/5-1517 [1469-1517] | 08:52 |
| | 10 | While he was engaged in producing these… | 05:38 |
| | 11 | In his childhood Raphael imitated the style… | 06:30 |
Disc 4
| | 1 | Andrea del Sarto 1486-1530 [1478-1520] | 04:39 |
| | 2 | At that time there was a sacristan… | 05:55 |
| | 3 | When Andrea left for France,… | 07:33 |
| | 4 | Rosso Fiorentino 1495-1540 [?-1541] | 09:09 |
| | 5 | Francesco Mazzuoli, called Parmigianino 1503-1540 [1504-1540] | 08:14 |
| | 6 | Albrecht Durer 1471-1528 | 08:08 |
| | 7 | Giulio Romano, prob.1499-1546 [1492-1546] | 09:26 |
| | 8 | Sebastiano del Piombo c. 1485-1547 [1475-1547] | 08:10 |
| | 9 | Jacopo da Pontormo 1494-1556 [1493-1558] | 08:44 |
| | 10 | By these and his other works Jacopo took… | 09:28 |
Disc 5
| | 1 | Jacopo Tintoretto 1518-1594 | 03:16 |
| | 2 | Francesco de Salviati 1510-1563 | 06:27 |
| | 3 | Accordingly, they united to spread abroad… | 04:15 |
| | 4 | Michelangelo Buonarotti 1475-1564 | 10:01 |
| | 5 | Lorenzo's garden was full of antiquities… | 09:35 |
| | 6 | When the statue was finished,… | 11:41 |
| | 7 | After the Pope had returned to Rome… | 09:35 |
| | 8 | While Michelangelo was at Carrara… | 09:48 |
| | 9 | Michelangelo had already finished… | 10:00 |
| | 10 | I had returned to Florence to serve… | 04:47 |
Disc 6
| | 1 | Michelangelo was employed by Paul IV… | 06:31 |
| | 2 | Michelangelo was devoted to the labours… | 04:32 |
| | 3 | Michelangelo enjoyed excellent health… | 06:29 |
| | 4 | Titian c. 1485-1576 [1480-?] | 06:09 |
| | 5 | The year that Andrea Gritti was appointed… | 04:39 |
| | 6 | Titian did for Queen Mary a Prometheus… | 03:31 |
| | 7 | Jacopo Sansovino 1486-1570 [1477-1570] | 06:51 |
| | 8 | The Florentine nation being at that time… | 05:38 |
| | 9 | Giorgio Vasari 1511-1574 | 10:26 |
| | 10 | But as I was thus winning honour, fame and… | 09:32 |
| | 11 | I left Rome in October 1546… | 09:26 |
Total Playing Time: 07:40:27