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Giorgio Vasari (Italian: [ˈdʒordʒo vaˈzaːri]; 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter, architect, writer, and historian, most famous today for his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.
Jul 13, 2022 · Giorgio Vasari was an Italian painter and architect who rose to fame during the Renaissance. A man of many talents, Vasari was also a writer. His renowned novel The Lives of the Most Eminent Sculptors, Painters, and Architects (1550) earned him the title “The Father of Art History”. Table of Contents [ Show]
Giorgio Vasari was one of the foremost artists of 16th century Italy, renowned not only as a painter, draftsman, and architect, but also as the author of Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, a series of artist biographies that formed the basis for modern art history.
Jun 18, 2017 · Giorgio Vasari, the father of art history. Posted 18 Jun 2017, by Andrew Greg. On Father’s Day, us art historians should remember the painter, architect and biographer Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574). The Temptation of Saint Jerome 1546. Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) Leeds Museums and Galleries. Why?
information@nationalgallery.org.uk. Born in Arezzo, Tuscany, in 1511, Giorgio Vasari was a versatile artist. Painter, architect, art collector, writer and historian, Vasari is primarily acknowledged today as the author of 'The Lives of the Most Celebrated Painters, Sculptors and Architects'.
Giorgio Vasari was an Italian painter, architect, engineer, writer, and historian, best known for his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, considered the ideological...
Jul 18, 2022 · 31 March – 18 July 2022. Giorgio Vasari created what was probably the first collection of drawings based on a historicising logic: the legendary Libro de’ disegni, widely mentioned in the second edition of The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, published in Florence in 1568 by the Giunti house.
