Posted on October 18, 2020 by alex Which edition is best to read Vasari’s Lives of the Hello fellow art nerds! I am taking an Italian Renaissance class and wanted to read Vasari’s biographies of artists. I’m not sure which edition is best? Post navigationPrevious post: The Arnolfini Portrait (1434) by Jan van EyckNext post: If there are hundreds, if not thousands, of contemporary artists just as compelling as Dali or Frida Kahlo (see Hi-Fructose magazine, for example), can any of them realistically hope to be regarded by history as famous artists?