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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

“When Michelangelo was introduced to Titian, he said... that Titian's colouring and his style much pleased him, but that it was a pity that in Venice men did not learn to draw well from the beginning, and that those painters did not pursue a better method in their studies.”

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Author:Giorgio Vasari

“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.”

Children Has Beens Beautiful Natural Simple Example Painting Genius Draws Wilderness Sculpture Beautiful Paintings

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

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

“The best thing is to draw men and women from the nude and thus fix in the memory by constant exercise the muscles of the torso, back, legs, arms and knees, with bones underneath.”

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Book: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 architects

Source: 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 architects

“Man was not then considered a good goldsmith unless he could draw well.”

Men Wells Draws Drawing

Author:Giorgio Vasari

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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