Lives of the Artists
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In 1550, Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari published Lives of the Artists, or Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. His early scholarship in artist biography heralded a tradition in documenting the lives of artists, and creating an “art history”. Escape into Life would like to begin another tradition in documenting the lives of artists, except this time, from the artist’s own words.
