Quick Facts About Giorgio Vasari
- Born
- July 30, 1511
- Died
- June 27, 1574
- Nationality
- Republic of Florence
- Profession
- Painter
- Notable works
- Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori
- Known for
- Uffizi Gallery, Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Portrait of a florentine gentleman, Allegory of Patience, Allegories Hall
- Spouse
- Niccolosa Bacci
About Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer known for his work Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, considered the ideological foundation of Western art-historical writing, and still much cited in modern biographies of the many Italian Renaissance artists he covers, including Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, although he is since regarded as including many factual errors, especially when covering artists from before he was born.
Biography source:
Wikipedia
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