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."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Giorgio Vasari canonical | 23 |
| Vasari | 1 |
| renovated by Giorgio Vasari in the 16th century | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1333798 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Giorgio Vasari Context triple: [Medici court in Florence, employed, Giorgio Vasari]
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Andrea del Sarto
Andrea del Sarto was a leading early 16th-century Florentine painter of the High Renaissance, renowned for his harmonious compositions, refined color, and masterful draftsmanship.
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Guido Reni
Guido Reni was a prominent Italian Baroque painter renowned for his graceful, idealized religious and mythological works, active primarily in Bologna and Rome in the early 17th century.
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Giacomo della Porta
Giacomo della Porta was a prominent late Renaissance Italian architect and sculptor, noted for his work on St. Peter’s Basilica and for helping shape the transition toward Baroque architecture in Rome.
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Michelangelo
Michelangelo was a Renaissance master renowned as a sculptor, painter, and architect, celebrated for works such as the Sistine Chapel ceiling and the design of major religious structures in Rome.
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Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Battista Alberti was a 15th-century Italian humanist, architect, and theorist whose writings and designs helped define the principles of Renaissance art and architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Giorgio Vasari Target entity description: 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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A.
Andrea del Sarto
Andrea del Sarto was a leading early 16th-century Florentine painter of the High Renaissance, renowned for his harmonious compositions, refined color, and masterful draftsmanship.
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B.
Guido Reni
Guido Reni was a prominent Italian Baroque painter renowned for his graceful, idealized religious and mythological works, active primarily in Bologna and Rome in the early 17th century.
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C.
Giacomo della Porta
Giacomo della Porta was a prominent late Renaissance Italian architect and sculptor, noted for his work on St. Peter’s Basilica and for helping shape the transition toward Baroque architecture in Rome.
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D.
Michelangelo
Michelangelo was a Renaissance master renowned as a sculptor, painter, and architect, celebrated for works such as the Sistine Chapel ceiling and the design of major religious structures in Rome.
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E.
Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Battista Alberti was a 15th-century Italian humanist, architect, and theorist whose writings and designs helped define the principles of Renaissance art and architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance artist
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architect ⓘ art historian ⓘ biographer ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1511-07-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Arezzo
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Republic of Florence ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence
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surface form:
Santa Croce, Florence
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| citizenship | Republic of Florence ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1574-06-27 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Florence
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Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ |
| designed |
Cupola frescoes of Florence Cathedral interior decoration program
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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
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surface form:
Italian Renaissance
Late Renaissance ⓘ |
| familyName |
Giorgio Vasari
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Vasari
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| founded |
Accademia del Disegno
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surface form:
Accademia e Compagnia delle Arti del Disegno
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| fullName | Giorgio Vasari self-link ⓘ |
| genre |
art history
ⓘ
biography ⓘ |
| givenName | Giorgio ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance art criticism
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art historiography ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Andrea del Sarto
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Michelangelo ⓘ Raphael ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Italian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Accademia del Disegno
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surface form:
Accademia e Compagnia delle Arti del Disegno
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| movement | Mannerism ⓘ |
| nationality | Italian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
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Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori ⓘ decoration of the Studiolo of Francesco I de' Medici ⓘ frescoes in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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art historian ⓘ painter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| patron | Cosimo I de' Medici ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Arezzo
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Florence ⓘ Rome ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Giotto
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Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ Michelangelo ⓘ Raphael ⓘ Titian ⓘ |
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Subject: Giorgio Vasari Description of subject: 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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