Giorgio Vasari is the author of "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects."

His book 'Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects' (1550 and 1567), usually called 'Lives of the Artists'.

Giorgio Vasari, an Italian painter and architect, wrote the book "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects," commonly known as "Lives of the Artists." Published in 1550, the book is an important source of biographical information and art history of Italian Renaissance artists.

The lives of the most excellent painters was written by Giorgio Vasari. Giorgio Vasari was born in Italy in the year 1511.

De Medici money financed commissions for Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects.