VASARI: The Lives of the Great Artists

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The Lives of the Great Artists (Selection) (more info)
Composed by: Giorgio Vasari
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Tydeman, John


1. Preface to The Lives - 08:02
2. Cimabue c. 1240-1302? (1240-1300) - 07:00
3. Giotto c. 1267-1377 (1276-1336) - 09:10
4. 'When the Pope had seen these works he was so enchanted...' - 06:10
5. Andrea Pisano c. 1290-1248/9 - 07:13
6. Luca Della Robbiia 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 what diligence Lorenzo had devoted to his work...' - 07:39
10. Masaccio 1401-1428 (?-1443) - 05:54
11. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377-1446 - 03:42

The Lives of the Great Artists (Selection) (more info)
Composed by: Giorgio Vasari
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Tydeman, John


1. Brunelleschi:Filippo was born in the year 1377 - 07:26
2. 'On his arrival, the wardens of S. Maria del Fiore...' - 08:48
3. 'It then occurred to Filippo that he would make a model...' - 07:40
4. 'The murmurers had now been silenced...' - 06:08
5. Donatello 1386?-1466 (1383-1466) - 11:08
6. Piero della France 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 & Giovanni Bellini c. 1430/40-1516 - 08:23
11. Sandro Botticelli 1444/5-1510 (1437-1515) - 05:55

The Lives of the Great Artists (Selection) (more info)
Composed by: Giorgio Vasari
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Tydeman, John


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 the study of anatomy...' - 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. Raphael 1483-1520 - 09:35
11. 'While he was engaged in producing these marvels... - 05:38
12. 'In his childhood Raphael imitated the style of Pietro Perugino...' - 06:30

The Lives of the Great Artists (Selection) (more info)
Composed by: Giorgio Vasari
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Tydeman, John


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, the men of the Scalzo, believing he would never return...' - 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 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 rank beside Andrea del Sarto...' - 09:28

The Lives of the Great Artists (Selection) (more info)
Composed by: Giorgio Vasari
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Tydeman, John


1. Jacopo Tintoretto 1518-1594 - 03:16
2. Francesco de Salviati 1510-1563 - 06:27
3. 'Accordingly, they united to spread abroad slanders...' - 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, Michelangelo uncovered it...' - 11:41
7. 'After the Pope had returned to Rome...' - 09:35
8. 'While Michelangelo was at Carrara selecting marble...' - 09:48
9. 'Michelangelo had already finished three-quarters of the work when the Pope went to see it...' - 10:00
10. 'I had returned to Florence to serve Duke Cosimo in 1544...' - 04:47

The Lives of the Great Artists (Selection) (more info)
Composed by: Giorgio Vasari
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Tydeman, John


1. 'Michelangelo was employed by Paul IV. on the fortifications of Rome...' - 04:32
2. 'Michelangelo was devoted to the labours of the arts, seeing he mastered every difficulty...' - 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 doge...' - 04:39
6. 'Titian did for Queen Mary a Prometheus bound to a rock...' - 03:31
7. Jacopo Sansovino 1486-1570 (1477-1570) - 06:51
8. 'The Florentine nation being at that time raised by the favour of Pope Leo...' - 05:38
9. Giorgio Vasari 1511-1574 - 10:26
10. 'But as I was thus winning honour, fame and riches under the protection of Duke Alessandro...' - 09:32
11. 'I left Rome in October 1546 and went to Florence...' - 09:26

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