Giorgio Vasari

Place: Arezzo

Born: 1511

Death: 1574

Biography:

Giorgio Vasari (Italian: [ˈdʒordʒo vaˈzaːri] 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter, architect, writer, and historian, most famous today for his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing. Vasari was born in Arezzo, Tuscany. Recommended at an early ag...