Who wrote Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Architects,Painters,and Sculptors,the main publication from which many art historians trace the beginnings of the discipline?
A)Giorgio Vasari
B)Pliny the Elder
C)Johann Joachim Winckelmann
D)Parrhasios

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Giorgio Vasari wrote the famous book Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Architects, Painters, and Sculptors, commonly referred to as The Lives of the Artists. This book is considered the first comprehensive work of art history, as Vasari not only described the biographies of the most prominent Italian artists of the Renaissance but also analyzed their styles and techniques. Its publication in 1550 marked the beginning of the study of art history.

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