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Giorgio Vasari was an Italian painter, architect, and writer who is renowned for his significant contributions to the history of art. He authored the Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, a seminal work in the field of art history. Born on July 30, 1511, in Arezzo, Tuscany, Vasari's influence extended beyond his artistic endeavors to include architectural achievements, such as the Vasari Corridor in Florence. He passed away on June 27, 1574.

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Famous Giorgio Vasari Quotes

“In my opinion painters owe to Giotto, the Florentine painter, exactly the same debt they owe to nature, which constantly serves them as a model and whose finest and most beautiful aspects they are always striving to imitate and reproduce.”

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Book:Artists of the Renaissance: a selection from Lives of the artists

Source: Artists of the Renaissance: a selection from Lives of the artists

“In our own time it has been seen... that simple children, roughly brought up in the wilderness, have begun to draw by themselves, impelled by their own natural genius, instructed solely by the example of these beautiful paintings and sculptures of Nature.”

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Book:The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

Source: The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

“Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it.”

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Book:The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

Source: The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

About the Author

Born: July 30, 1511
Died: June 27, 1574
Known for: Painter
Quotes: 17

Books & Sources

The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and ArchitectsRelated source material

Artists of the Renaissance: a selection from Lives of the artistsRelated source material

Lives of the ArtistsRelated source material

Vasari on technique: being the introduction to the three arts of design, architecture, sculpture and painting, prefixed to the Lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors and architectsRelated source material

[(The Lives of the Artists )] [Author: Giorgio Vasari] [Dec-2008]Related source material

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