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Author: Giorgio VasariRenaissance art | Painting & paintings | Individual artists, art monographsPublished on 26th February 2015 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the Unit ed Kingdom as part of the 'Penguin Little Black Classics' series.Paperback / softback | 64 pages 117mm x 110mm x 6mm | 54g 'In this painting of Leonardo's there was a smile so pleasing that it seemed divine rather than human.'Often called "the first art historian", Vasari writes with delight on the lives of Leonardo and other celebrated Renaissance artists .Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574). Vasari's works available in Penguin Classics are Lives of the Artists Volume I and Volume II. Show more