The moon and sixpence vs Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Painters, Artists
The moon and sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence is a fictional novel heavily influenced by the life of French painter Paul Gauguin. The novel is told first-person, dipping episodically into the mind of the artist. Charles Strickland is an…
1 film adaptation
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Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori
In his Lives of the Artists of the Italian Renaissance, Vasari demonstrated a literary talent that outshone even his outstanding abilities as a painter and architect. Through character sketches and anecdotes he depicts…
The verdict
- Readers rate The moon and sixpence highest: The moon and sixpence 4.1 · Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori 3.7.
- The moon and sixpence has the widest readership — 28114 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The moon and sixpence | Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (28114) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (46) | — |
| Google Books | 4.5 (8) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (128) | — |
Reception
| The moon and sixpence | Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 28114 | 4 |
| Editions | 397 | 91 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 27410 | — |
| Reading it now | 3184 | — |
| Written reviews | 2254 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 4666 | — |
| Pages | 273 | 309 |