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Vasari Giorgio . 1511--74, Italian architect, painter, and art historian, noted for his Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Architects, Painters, and Sculptors (1550; 1568), a principal source for the history of Italian Renaissance art How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Marvelous and divine, indeed, was Lionardo the son of ser Piero da Vinci" said writer and painter Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Artists. Undoubtedly it was a vision that was too advanced for the age, as documented for us by the misunderstandings of [biographer] Giorgio Vasari, concerned that Leonardo's scientific researchers might have led him to religiously skeptical and heretical positions. His Renaissance biographer, Vasari, said, "He was never seen to display anger among the brethren of his order--if he admonished his friends it was with gentleness and a quiet smile. |
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