Giorgio Vasari 
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects [EPUB ebook] 
all ten volumes in a single file

Biographies of artists of the Italian Renaissance. All ten volumes. Over 500 illustrations, many in color. VOLUME 1 — CIMABUE TO AGNOLO GADDI, VOLUME 2 — BERNA TO MICHELOZZO MICHELOZZI, VOLUME 3 — FILARETE AND SIMONE TO MANTEGNA, VOLUME 4 — FILIPPINO LIPPI TO DOMENICO PULIGO, VOLUME 5 — ANDREA DA FIESOLE TO LORENZO LOTTO, , VOLUME 6 — FRA GIOCONDO TO NICCOLO SOGGI, VOLUME 7 — TRIBOLO TO IL SODOMA, VOLUME 8 — BASTIANO TO TADDEO ZUCCHERO, VOLUME 9 — MICHELAGNOLO TO THE FLEMINGS, VOLUME 10 — BRONZINO TO VASARI, & GENERAL INDEX According to Wikipedia: ‘Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter, writer, historian and architect, who is today famous for his biographies of Italian artists, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.’