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Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
series of artist biographies by Giorgio Vasari
Thieme-Becker-Vollmer
thumb|Page 460 of volume 26 Thieme-Becker is a German biographical dictionary of artists.
Schilder-boeck
' or ' is a book written by the Flemish writer and painter Karel van Mander first published in 1604 in Haarlem in the Dutch Republic, where van Mander resided. The book is written in 17th-century Dutch and its title is commonly translated into English as 'The Book of Painters' or 'The Book of (or on) Painting' and sometimes as 'The Book on Picturing'. consists of six parts and is considered one of the principal sources on the history of art and art theory in the 15th and 16th century Low Countries. The book was very well received and sold well. Karel van Mander died two years after its publica
Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon
Danish biographical dictionary of artists and architects
Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance
1996 book by Alessandro Vezzosi
Het Gulden Cabinet
book by Cornelis de Bie
Benezit Dictionary of Artists
critical lexicon of artists
The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters
3-volume dictionary of artists from the Netherlands by Arnold Houbraken; published 1718, 1719, and (posthumously) 1721
Popism
'''''POPism: The Warhol '60s''''' is a 1980 memoir by the American artist Andy Warhol and co-written with his longtime collaborator Pat Hackett. The book chronicles Warhol's life, work, and the cultural milieu surrounding his studio, the Factory, during the 1960s. It offers a firsthand account of the emergence of Pop art, the making of his underground films, and the personalities who shaped the era.
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
1983 Book by Hayden Herrera
Anonimo Magliabechiano
anonymous author of the Codice Magliabechiano or Magliabechiano, a manuscript with 128 pages of text, probably from the 1530s and 1540s
Dictionary of Women Artists
2-volume biographical dictionary about 600 women artists by Delia Gaze