Why was Giorgio Vasari book important?

Because his book Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, first published in 1550 in Florence and in a greatly enlarged edition in 1568, was ‘perhaps the most important book on history of art ever written’ (Peter and Linda Murray, 1963), making Vasari the first art historian in the modern sense.

What did Vasari say about Michelangelo?

Michelangelo made the world’s best snowman. He carved his David out of a block of marble so damaged it was thought worthless. Vasari’s greatest compliment to his artists was that by brush or chisel their work came to life. Our greatest compliment to him is that he sends us back to art with a new wonder.

Who did Giorgio Vasari write about?

Often called “the first art historian”, Vasari invented the genre of the encyclopedia of artistic biographies with his Le Vite de’ più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori (Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects), first published in 1550 and dedicated to Grand Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici.

What did Giorgio Vasari believe?

It was by coming to understand the life and times of the Florentine and Venetian masters, Vasari believed, that one could get to the essence of Renaissance art.

Did Michelangelo and Leonardo get along?

Michelangelo and Leonardo felt “an intense dislike for each other,” says their biographer Vasari.

Did Michelangelo ever have a wife?

In 1536, Michelangelo found another lifelong object of affection, the widow, Vittoria Colonna, the Marquise of Pescara, who was also a poet. The majority of his prolific poetry is devoted to her, and his adoration continued until her death in 1547.

Was Giorgio Vasari a humanist?

Born into an artisan family in Arezzo, Vasari received a humanist education and trained in Arezzo and Florence as a painter and goldsmith. Vasari himself was a prolific painter and architect whose patrons included popes, heads of state, leading intellects, and religious institutions.

Was Giorgio Vasari married?

Nicolosa, Daughter of Francesco Bacci of Arezzo, Wife of Giorgio Vasari the Painter 1548, 1555.