Giorgio Vasari was born in Arezzo, Tuscany in July 1511. He grew up with a keen interest in the arts and had quite a talent for painting, writing, architectural design and history research. In 1529 he travelled to Rome where he studied the masters of the Renaissance.
Those wishing to stay and explore the areas where Vasari was born and lived in later life can choose from a lovely range of vacation rentals in Arezzo or last minute holiday deals in Florence.
Vasari was inspired by the sheer wealth of talent that was harvested and blossomed during the Age of Enlightenment and worked as a painter with good success for quite some time. But he began to take an even greater interest in designing buildings and so began his next career!
Those wishing to stay and explore the areas where Vasari was born and lived in later life can choose from a lovely range of vacation rentals in Arezzo or last minute holiday deals in Florence.
Vasari was inspired by the sheer wealth of talent that was harvested and blossomed during the Age of Enlightenment and worked as a painter with good success for quite some time. But he began to take an even greater interest in designing buildings and so began his next career!
He designed the magnificent loggia of Palazzo degli Uffizi and the Vasari corridor as well as beautifully renovating the Santa Maria Novella church and Santa Croce baptistery in Florence city.
In 1562 he built the spectacular octagonal dome on the Basilica of Our Lady of Humility in Pistoia which is renowned as one of the finest examples of Renaissance architecture; it’s certainly worth visiting if you’re passing through that area.
Finally Vasari started exploring the world of art history and decided to document the life and times of the greatest Italian masters of the arts.
In 1562 he built the spectacular octagonal dome on the Basilica of Our Lady of Humility in Pistoia which is renowned as one of the finest examples of Renaissance architecture; it’s certainly worth visiting if you’re passing through that area.
Finally Vasari started exploring the world of art history and decided to document the life and times of the greatest Italian masters of the arts.
This book is called ‘Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors and architects’ which became his most famous legacy. It’s considered to be one of the best art history resources in the world and earned Vasari the reputation as being the first ‘art historian’.
He writes the life stories of masters like Da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli in an engaging and story-like fashion. He mixed in interesting stories and legends of these masters into the mix which makes for a very interesting read.
There’s a superb museum built in Vasari’s honour that was his home house in Arezzo which is certainly worth a stroll around if you’re passing through the area.
Read our related articles on the Renaissance masters like Michelangelo and Donatello that Vasari wrote about so passionately in his book and be inspired to embark on a trail through Tuscany to admire the stunning masterpieces they left behind!
He writes the life stories of masters like Da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli in an engaging and story-like fashion. He mixed in interesting stories and legends of these masters into the mix which makes for a very interesting read.
There’s a superb museum built in Vasari’s honour that was his home house in Arezzo which is certainly worth a stroll around if you’re passing through the area.
Read our related articles on the Renaissance masters like Michelangelo and Donatello that Vasari wrote about so passionately in his book and be inspired to embark on a trail through Tuscany to admire the stunning masterpieces they left behind!
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picture 2: RicciSpeziari / CC BY-SA 3.0;
