Giorgio Vasari
(1511–1574) florentinsk levnadstecknare känd som "konsthistoriens fader"
Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Giorgio Vasari belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.
Giorgio Vasari was born in Arezzo and died in Florence. Giorgio Vasari studied under Guillaume de Marcillat. Giorgio Vasari worked in Arezzo, Bologna, Florence, and Naples. Wikidata associates Giorgio Vasari with Renaissance. Giorgio Vasari became a member of Accademia delle Arti del Disegno. Giorgio Vasari was awarded Order of the Golden Spur. The students included Peter Candid, Giovanni Battista Naldini, Jacopo Zucchi, and Federico Zuccari.
The best-known works include ‘Uffizi Gallery’, ‘Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects’, ‘Allegory of Patience’, and ‘Annunciation to Zacharias’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting, religious painting, and portrait. The catalogue has 81 works by Giorgio Vasari with free images. The dated works span the years 1533–1660. Works by Giorgio Vasari are held by several collections, among them Giorgio Vasari, Palazzo Vecchio, Uffizierna, and Nationalmuseum. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Giovanni Battista Franco, Francesco Salviati, Mirza Ali, Mir Sayyid Ali, and Carlo Portelli.