Giorgio Vasari

But although this work was much extolled, it would have won even greater praise if the staircase had not turned out inconvenient and too steep; for it is a sure fact that it could have been made more gentle, as has been done in the time of Duke Cosimo, within the same amount of space and no more, in the new staircase made, opposite to that of Cronaca, by Giorgio Vasari, which is so gentle in ascent and so convenient, that going up it is almost like walking on the level.

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 04 (of 10), Filippino Lippi to Domenico Puligo Giorgio Vasari 1542

Berlin Art "The Vasari Century: Florentine Draughtsmen of the Cinquecento" displays drawings by the 16th-century artist Giorgio Vasari, alongside works by his contemporaries and friends.

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For instance, Giorgio Vasari, in his 1568 Lives of the Artists, makes reference to a variety of paintings and sculpture by their creators, subject matter, location and patrons, but the actual artworks have no separate names.

Daniel Grant: What's In a (Painting's) Name? Quite a Lot, Actually Daniel Grant 2011

For instance, Giorgio Vasari, in his 1568 Lives of the Artists, makes reference to a variety of paintings and sculpture by their creators, subject matter, location and patrons, but the actual artworks have no separate names.

Daniel Grant: What's In a (Painting's) Name? Quite a Lot, Actually Daniel Grant 2011

Though he did not coin it, gotico, like rinascimento Renaissance, was popularised in the mid-16th century by Giorgio Vasari – urbanist, architect and eloquent champion of the classical aesthetic derived from Greece and Rome.

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Unlike in Europe, where the genius cult surrounding the artists of the Renaissance-inspired writers like Giorgio Vasari to document the lives of adepts such as Leonardo da Vinci and Giotto, and thus help create the exalted status from which Western artists still benefit today, no similar endeavor has ever been undertaken on the Indian subcontinent.

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This task was now assigned to the painter and architect Giorgio Vasari, with instructions to honor the glorious killing of the heretical Huguenots.30 Vasari painted three frescoes titled Massacre of the Huguenots.

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

Giorgio Vasari, a contemporary of Parmigianino's, says the painting was left in Parmigianino's studio "perchè non se ne contentava molto" "because he wasn't satisfied with it".

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This task was now assigned to the painter and architect Giorgio Vasari, with instructions to honor the glorious killing of the heretical Huguenots.30 Vasari painted three frescoes titled Massacre of the Huguenots.

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

But 150 art historians from museums including the New York Met and the National Gallery in London have signed a petition to stop the work, angry at the fact that holes are being drilled in the front wall bearing its own renown fresco, Giorgio Vasari's The Battle of Marciano in Val di Chiana, painted in 1563.

Lost Leonardo Da Vinci battle scene sparks row between art historians 2011