Giorgio Vasari

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Giorgio Vasari was a 16th-century Italian painter, architect, and pioneering art historian best known for his biographies of Renaissance artists collected in "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance artist
architect
art historian
biographer
human
painter
birthDate 1511-07-30
birthPlace Arezzo
Republic of Florence
burialPlace Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence
surface form: Santa Croce, Florence
citizenship Republic of Florence
deathDate 1574-06-27
deathPlace Florence
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
designed Cupola frescoes of Florence Cathedral interior decoration program
Loggia dei Lanzi
surface form: Loggia of the Uffizi courtyard

Uffizi Gallery
surface form: Palazzo degli Uffizi

Uffizi Gallery
surface form: Uffizi

Vasari Corridor
renovation of Palazzo Vecchio interiors
educatedAt Andrea del Sarto's workshop
employer Medici family
era Renaissance Italy
surface form: Italian Renaissance

Late Renaissance
familyName Giorgio Vasari self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vasari
founded Accademia del Disegno
surface form: Accademia e Compagnia delle Arti del Disegno
fullName Giorgio Vasari self-link
genre art history
biography
givenName Giorgio
influenced Renaissance art criticism
art historiography
influencedBy Andrea del Sarto
Michelangelo
Raphael
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
memberOf Accademia del Disegno
surface form: Accademia e Compagnia delle Arti del Disegno
movement Mannerism
nationality Italian
notableWork Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori
decoration of the Studiolo of Francesco I de' Medici
frescoes in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
occupation architect
art historian
painter
writer
patron Cosimo I de' Medici
workLocation Arezzo
Florence
Rome
wroteAbout Giotto
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
Titian

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Medici court in Florence employed Giorgio Vasari
Sala Regia decoratedBy Giorgio Vasari
Palazzo Vecchio significantEvent Giorgio Vasari
this entity surface form: renovated by Giorgio Vasari in the 16th century
Palazzo Vecchio renovatedBy Giorgio Vasari
Mannerism hasNotablePractitioner Giorgio Vasari
Andrea del Sarto student Giorgio Vasari
Andrea del Sarto influenced Giorgio Vasari
Uffizi Gallery architect Giorgio Vasari
Ponte Vecchio upperLevelDesigner Giorgio Vasari
Accademia del Disegno foundedBy Giorgio Vasari
Accademia del Disegno hasFounderRole Giorgio Vasari
Cosimo I de' Medici patronOf Giorgio Vasari
Piazza dei Cavalieri redesignedBy Giorgio Vasari
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this entity surface form: Vasari
Renaissance art theory hasKeyFigure Giorgio Vasari
Palazzo della Cancelleria decoratedBy Giorgio Vasari
Salone dei Cinquecento hasArtist Giorgio Vasari
Studiolo of Francesco I architect Giorgio Vasari
Studiolo of Francesco I containsWorkBy Giorgio Vasari
Map Room designedBy Giorgio Vasari
subject surface form: Map Room (Palazzo Vecchio)