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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.
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.
Apr 4, 2023 · Giorgio Vasari was a renowned Florentine architect, artist, and art historian who left an indelible mark on the High Renaissance era. His influence on the world of art and architecture is immeasurable. Vasari’s most famous work is his book, The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects.
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]
Jun 18, 2017 · Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) National Galleries of Scotland. He is careless with dates, some of his anecdotes are hearsay or traditional myths, but, particularly with the artists of his own day, he is still a fundamental source of information on Renaissance art.
1511 - 1574. 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.
Dec 1, 2017 · Dec. 1, 2017. THE COLLECTOR OF LIVES. Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art. By Ingrid Rowland and Noah Charney. Illustrated. 420 pp. W. W. Norton & Company. $29.95. It is rare that a...
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