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."