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Giorgio Vasari was born in Arezzo on July 30, 1511. Vasari died on June 27, 1574, in Florence.

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Accomplishments As a Painter During the Renaissance

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Accomplishments As a Painter During the Renaissance

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Giorgio Vasari was a painter during the Renaissance. He worked in the mannerist tradition. One of his most famous artwork pieces was the portrait of Lorenzo the Magnificent. He was also responsible for the decoration of several different areas of Florence's Palazzo Vecchio. Another art piece that he did was on the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy, where he designed and painted the inside of the dome. Vasari started getting his recognition as he was becoming an artist. He was known as one of the best painters of his era.

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Vasari was also an architect during the Renaissance. He was the architect of the Uffizi in Florence. He was also the architect of the modernized version of the Palazzo dei Cavalieri in Pisa, as well as the church, monastery, and palace that was built for the Cavalieri di San Stefano in Pisa. Giorgio Vasari was also one of the best architects of his era.

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The portrait of Lorenzo the Magnificent was one of Giorgio Vasari's most famous artwork.

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Vasari was the architect for the Uffizi in Florence.

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Vasari's father and grandfather were both potters, so he followed the tradition and became an artist. However, he became a painter and started drawing. As a young boy, Giorgio Vasari worked under his great uncle and improved his ability to draw and paint. Vasari would travel around and work with different artists. When he was in Florence,  he worked hard with the Medici family. Vasari was supported by the Medici family throughout his artistic career. However, Vasari’s paintings that he did with his team of assistants often were criticized for many things, such as lacking color. This was why the Contemporary Schools that he had attended considered him to be more of an architect, rather than a painter.

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In his book, Vasari had included the best artists in his era at the time, so artists from the Renaissance period followed Vasari’s book and took into consideration the judgments that he had made. Before Vasari shared his views, artists were distorting the Renaissance style and they were messing with the proportions. In the end, they were creating something very fake. With Vasari’s views of how great artists were using a different style while making it more elegant, many artists listened to Vasari’s views and improved their art.
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Besides painting and being an architect, Giorgio Vasari is most known for writing his book Le Vite de’ più eccellenti architetti, pittori, et scultori Italiani, which translates to Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. This book was first published in 1550, but it was greatly expanded in 1568. In this book, Vasari shares his views and his judgments, which were influential up until the present. He brought up many discussions about Italian Renaissance artists and wrote biographies about the greatest artists in his era and of the early stages of the Italian Renaissance. He even included a biography about himself at the end of this book. This book changes the way people view the history of Western art, and even though he was very biased towards his home city, Florence, this book was very influential towards many. Today, he is known as the father of art history.

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The First book that Vasari had published in 1550.

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The Lives Of The Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

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The Lives Of The Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

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Giorgio Vasari: The Father of Art History

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