But the short life of men and thebitterness of various accidents, which threaten them from all sides,snatch them from us sometimes prematurely, as could be seen in pooryoung Berna of Siena, who, although he died young, nevertheless left somany works that he appears to have lived very long and those that heleft were made in such a way, that it may well be believed from thisshowing that he would have become excellent and rare if he had not diedso soon. If those who labour to become excellent in some art did not very oftenhave the thread of life cut by death in their best years, I have nodoubt that many intellects would arrive at that rank which is mostdesired both by them and by the world. MADONNA AND CHILD ( After the painting by Berna Sanese. With Five Hundred Illustrations: In Ten Volumesĭetail from the Tomb: Head of Ilaria del Carretto Lives Of The Most Eminent Painters Sculptors & Architects by Giorgio Vasari: Volume II: Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi Newly Translated By Gaston du C. Volume IX | Michelagnolo To The Flemings Volume X | Bronzino to Vasari | General Index Volume VIII | Bastiano to Taddeo Zucchero Volume VI | Fra Giocondo To Niccolò Soggi Volume V | Andrea Da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto Volume IV | Filippino Lippi To Domenico Puligo Volume III | Filarete And Simone To Mantegna Volume II | Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi Orton and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at (This file wasproduced from images generously made available by TheInternet Archive/Canadian Libraries) de VereRelease Date: Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LIVES OF MOST EMINENT PAINTERS ***Produced by Mark C. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Volume II: Berna to Michelozzo MichelozziAuthor: Giorgio VasariTranslator: Gaston du C. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Lives of the Most Eminent PaintersSculptors and Architects, by Giorgio VasariThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. Giorgio Vasari, Masaccio, portrait medallion in the upper frieze in the Sala Grande, north-east wall, Casa Vasari, Florence
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