Böcker i The Lives of the Artists-serien

Presents a collection of two of the most important biographies on the artist Diego Velazquez. Diego Velazquez (1599-1660) is for many the greatest painter ever to have lived. His astonishing naturalism had an immediate and lasting impact on his contemporaries, inspiring both awe and fierce debate.

For many people the greatest artist, and the quintessentialRenaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci wasa painter, architect, theatre designer, engineer, sculptor,anatomist, geometer, naturalist, poet and musician.

The most exhilarating painter of the Renaissance and arguablyof the whole of western art, Tintoretto was known as Il Furiosobecause of the attack and energy of his style.

Titian was recognised very early on as the leading painter of his generation in Venice. Starting in the studio of the aged Giovanni Bellini, Titian, with his contemporary Giorgione, almost immediately started to expand the range of what was possible in painting.

One of the best-loved painters in English history, ThomasGainsborough (1727-1788) was also one of the mostpersonally engaging. Bon vivant, wit, amateur and enthusiasticmusician, he charmed sitters and friends alike. His ebullient,if not always reliable, personality comes to life in these twomemoirs, written by two very different friends.