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


Answer: A

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