Giorgio Vasari Painter, architect and writer on art Arezzo 1511- Florence1574 He studied the basic methods of the early Mannerist school of painting in Rome and Florence, where he took his cue from Raphael and Michelangelo as well as from Venetian influences. Thanks to his eclectic and scholarly education, he was soon mixing in a favourable environment in Rome (1542-46) which brought him into ...

Back to Medieval Source Book Medieval Sourcebook: Giorgio Vasari: Life of Leonardo da Vinci 1550 Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) wrote about hundreds of artists in his Lives of the Most Eminent Italian Architects, Painters, and Sculptors, which he published first in 1550, and in a revised edition in 1568. LIFE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI: Painter and Sculptor of Florence The greatest gifts are often seen, ...