Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors & architects (1912)
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574, De Vere, Gaston du C · London, Macmillan and co. ld. & The Medici society, ld. · leaf 301
, leading the life of a man who was less man than beast. He wouldnever have his rooms swept, he would only eat when hunger came to him,and he would not let his garden be worked or his fruit-trees pruned;nay, he allowed his vines to grow, and the shoots to trail over the ground,nor were his… … PIERO DI COSIMO 127 them. He set himself often to observe such animals, plants, or otherthings as Nature at times creates out of caprice, or by chance; in whichhe found a pleasure and satisfaction that drove him quite out of hismind with dehght; and he spoke of them so often in his discourse,…
Artists · Art
Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
