Ingrid Rowland - The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art

THE
COLLECTOR
OF LIVES

Giorgio Vasari and the
Invention of Art

INGRID ROWLAND
and
NOAH CHARNEY

W. W. NORTON & COMPANY

Independent Publishers Since 1923

New York | London

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