| 单词 | Vasari |
| 例句 | Neither Condivi nor Vasari, Michelangelo’s biographers who knew him personally mention the master carving this little angel; they mention only the angel carved for the altar in Siena. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting with those magazines, it was as if he were studying the chess equivalent of Plutarch’s lives of the Roman generals or Vasari’s lives of the artists. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z One can also simply tally a list of his thematic and visual quirks, as Vasari did. Piero di Cosimo, a misunderstood master, at the National Gallery of Art 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z His friend Vasari later addressed four sonnets to her, in which he praised Ammannati as the greatest of living artists, able to translate into marble “art and nature, in perfect style.” Art: In Florence, Revelations in Stone 2011-08-12T11:30:07Z But a painting on poplar panels was easily transportable from Vasari’s studio. After the Florence Flood: Saving Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’ 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z An insightful, non-specialist biography of Vasari and the elevation of Michelangelo and other Renaissance figures from the status of craftsman to that of artists. Michelangelo Is the Divine Star of the Must-See Show of the Season 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z “He was varied and original in his discourse, and sometimes said such beautiful things, that he made his hearers burst with laughter,” Giorgio Vasari wrote. National Gallery of Art to exhibit works of Renaissance painter Piero di Cosimo Such are the stories told by Giorgio Vasari, born 500 years ago tomorrow, in Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects. In praise of ? Giorgio Vasari 2011-07-28T20:17:36Z It was there when he died in an outbreak of the plague, at age 44, trying hard to improve “little by little,” as Vasari writes, to the last. Review: A Renaissance Painter, Andrea del Sarto, Striving for Perfection 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z How these two scholars came to work together isn’t made clear, but their book’s subtitle, “Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art,” seems a somewhat audacious claim. For the juiciest gossip on Renaissance artists, listen to Giorgio Vasari 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z There is an assumption that Vasari is guilty of some exaggeration because it would seem odd for the Florence establishment to lavish so many church commissions on an artist the townspeople thought was mad. Fame finally comes to little-known Renaissance master Piero di Cosimo 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z Giorgio Vasari, a 16th-century painter and biographer of da Vinci and other artists, wrote that the perfectionist da Vinci worked on it for four years. French scientists crack secrets of Mona Lisa 2010-07-16T16:06:00Z It took an audacious leap for Vasari to see himself as the defining chronicler of his era, the preserver of life stories, the collector of paper scraps. How Giorgio Vasari Invented Art History as We Know It 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Giorgio Vasari, a painter of midrange talent and major ambition, put gossip in print in his “Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects,” a spicy mix of praise and dish. Review: A Renaissance Painter, Andrea del Sarto, Striving for Perfection 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Johann Joachim Winckelmann, arguably the most influential art historian since the Renaissance’s own Giorgio Vasari, popularized the notion of whiteness in ancient marble sculptures in 1764 through two volumes on the topic. That Painted Greek Maiden at the Met: Just Whose Vision Is She? 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The 16th-century art historian Vasari circulated the legend that Donatello ordered his sculpture to speak to him while he was working on it. Review: Donatello in a Valedictory Show at the Museum of Biblical Art 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Vasari had never met Piero, but that did not prevent him from depicting the painter in colorful and demeaning prose. Fame finally comes to little-known Renaissance master Piero di Cosimo 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z It took surgical skills to enlarge the Vasari wooden panels. After the Florence Flood: Saving Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’ 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Enhanced by scrupulous attention to details of color, light and shadow, “Last Supper” radiates its new life without losing Vasari’s original strength in portraiture. After the Florence Flood: Saving Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’ 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Grete Stern’s Weimar photomontage meets magical realism, at the Buenos Aires gallery Vasari, does the trick. Art in Review: AIPAD Photography Show New York 2011-03-17T23:28:34Z It was Vasari who originated the claim that Raphael died after an overindulgence in sex with his Roman mistress, Margherita Luti. In the Virtual (and Actual) Footsteps of Raphael 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z While Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is notorious for killing a man, Vasari claims Polidoro da Caravaggio was a victim of murder. Poor Polidoro – the other Caravaggio 2012-07-23T15:23:01Z After confessing his sins, the artist expired on his birthday, April 6th, in 1520, bringing his life—and Vasari’s narrative arc—to a neat conclusion. Does “Late Style” Exist? 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z There is little documentation about him except for several pages written by Giorgio Vasari in his 1550 book, "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects." Fame finally comes to little-known Renaissance master Piero di Cosimo 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z "Men could see the strangeness of his brain," Vasari went on, insisting that Piero would never have his rooms cleaned or his garden kept in order. Fame finally comes to little-known Renaissance master Piero di Cosimo 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z In fluent Italian, Mr. Schmidt was discussing how to open to the public one of the museum’s most prized features, a corridor designed by Giorgio Vasari, the 16th-century Italian artist and author. The Taming of Italy’s Most Popular Museum 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The missing information about Vasari’s family life is unsettling precisely because Vasari tended to view artists as if they made up a big Italian family. How Giorgio Vasari Invented Art History as We Know It 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Given her beauty and the tenderness with which the artist renders her, one is convinced that both Vasari and Browning misjudged the true nature of their relationship. Free hand 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Giorgio Vasari, a poet and painter of no mean talent, was among them. Review: A Florentine Artist's Two Aesthetic Lives 2010-02-19T13:15:00Z Let's turn to Giorgio Vasari's Life of Polidoro da Caravaggio, in the 1568 edition of his book The Lives of the Artists. Poor Polidoro – the other Caravaggio 2012-07-23T15:23:01Z Vasari wrote that Piero, who was strange, "knew no pleasure save that of going off by himself with his thoughts, letting his fancy roam and building castles in the air." Fame finally comes to little-known Renaissance master Piero di Cosimo 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z Michelangelo grew frustrated, eventually abandoning the work, and Vasari wrote that Michelangelo tried to destroy it. Bringing a Deathly Michelangelo Sculpture Back to Life 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z On the Vasari, the conservators used animal glue, as Renaissance artists did for repairs, and wood supports to allow the painting to continue to shift depending on temperature and humidity. Bringing Giorgio Vasari’s ‘The Last Supper’ Back to Life 2013-12-22T21:13:08Z The controversial decision to perforate the Vasari fresco, painted some 50 years later, led to objections from many conservators. ArtsBeat: Search for Lost Leonardo Halted 2012-09-25T18:55:28Z The back of the panels, despite being pocked with tiny wormholes and with modern wood patches in places, remains mostly original, with one of the innovative cross-supports Vasari designed still in place. Bringing Giorgio Vasari’s ‘The Last Supper’ Back to Life 2013-12-22T21:13:08Z More than most Renaissance artists, Giorgio Vasari knew the perilous existence of human creations. Bringing Giorgio Vasari’s ‘The Last Supper’ Back to Life 2013-12-22T21:13:08Z It shows how an artist usually associated with the medieval was using a naturalist style at least 50 years before Vasari. Painter of our greatest fears 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z As an artist, Vasari wrote, he was “free from errors, and absolutely perfect in every respect.” Review: A Renaissance Painter, Andrea del Sarto, Striving for Perfection 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Piero, according to Vasari, "could not bear the crying of babies, the coughing of men, the sound of bells, and the chanting of friars." Fame finally comes to little-known Renaissance master Piero di Cosimo 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z Some key pieces of the Uffizi's collection are exhibited in the Vasari corridor, named after the brilliant architect of the building. I visited the Uffizi gallery at 17, and was awestruck. Now it's exhibiting my art? 2010-12-19T00:07:08Z His magnum opus, “The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects,” was published in 1550, when Vasari was in his late 30s. How Giorgio Vasari Invented Art History as We Know It 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Through the good offices of Vasari, who returned at the same time, he received the first of a series of important commissions from Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici. Art: In Florence, Revelations in Stone 2011-08-12T11:30:07Z It once belonged to Sarto’s famous student, Giorgio Vasari, the first modern drawing collector and author of the landmark “Lives of the Artists.” The Getty just announced its most important drawings acquisition in 20 years—and adds a 'Surprise' 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z But for now, the focus is on finishing the Vasari. Bringing Giorgio Vasari’s ‘The Last Supper’ Back to Life 2013-12-22T21:13:08Z He threw away all evidence of struggle so that, as Giorgio Vasari, a contemporary and famed chronicler of Renaissance artists’ lives, wrote, “he might not appear less than perfect.” The many ways art goes missing 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Renaissance chronicler Giorgio Vasari tells us in "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects" that the sculptor was annoyed by all the roses adoring Paduans threw his way. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Vasari declared the bronzes “the most perfect and harmonious by a modern master” and nothing to rival them was made in Florence until the arrival in the city of Giambologna nearly half a century later. Art Review: The Great Rustici Emerges From the Shadows 2010-12-13T15:41:00Z In his chronicle of Michelangelo’s life written about 50 years later, Giorgio Vasari described it as a work of “just proportion, beauty and excellence” that surpassed “all other statues, modern or ancient.” A High-Tech Twin for a Renaissance Masterpiece 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z But “Fantasy and Invention” provides a quick primer on their weird and wonderful style — and a fleeting glimpse of those sublime flights of imagination perceived by Vasari. Art Review: Rosso Fiorentino at the Morgan Library 2012-11-29T22:55:37Z Giorgio Vasari, the Renaissance biographer, described Piero as living “more like a beast than a man.” A Renaissance Master Finally Gets a Showcase 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z In 1966, as fortune would also have it, one of Vasari’s most imposing works met an even worse fate. Bringing Giorgio Vasari’s ‘The Last Supper’ Back to Life 2013-12-22T21:13:08Z Vasari was certainly influential and admired in his own time, but I think for ours he will remain largely a pioneering and highly entertaining biographer and art historian. For the juiciest gossip on Renaissance artists, listen to Giorgio Vasari 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Vasari emphasized Piero’s eccentricities, his strange domestic habits, his whimsy, imagination and odd flights of fancy. Piero di Cosimo, a misunderstood master, at the National Gallery of Art 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z When he saw Vasari watching, “Michelangelo let the lantern drop from his hand, leaving them in the dark,” to prevent Vasari from seeing it. Bringing a Deathly Michelangelo Sculpture Back to Life 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Born in 1511 in the town of Arezzo, which is southeast of Florence, Vasari was esteemed during his lifetime as a painter and an architect who worked for the mighty Medici clan. How Giorgio Vasari Invented Art History as We Know It 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z One discovery the conservators have made on the painting’s surface is a previously unknown inscription near the bottom saying that the piece was restored long before, in 1594, just 20 years after Vasari’s death. Bringing Giorgio Vasari’s ‘The Last Supper’ Back to Life 2013-12-22T21:13:08Z His friend and biographer Giorgio Vasari wrote the marble block was flawed and full of impurities and that “the chisel often struck sparks from it.” Bringing a Deathly Michelangelo Sculpture Back to Life 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Vasari created the modern image of the artist by telling stories that hover on the borders between fact and fiction. The art of illusion 2011-04-06T16:36:37Z He moves on to 16th century Florence, where the writer Giorgio Vasari applied the word “disegno” to all of Leonardo da Vinci’s work in art, architecture, philosophy and engineering. Heroes and Villains in the Pantheon of Design 2010-04-25T13:50:00Z "He was rather held to be a madman," Vasari concluded, "although in the end he did no harm save to himself alone." Fame finally comes to little-known Renaissance master Piero di Cosimo 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z First, by the great artist biographer Giorgio Vasari, who recognized Pontormo’s gifts but depicted him as a solitary eccentric who imitated the manner of the German painter and printmaker Albrecht Dürer to a fault. He Was More Than a Mannerist 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z But Vasari created a highly distinctive building, which was to become as emblematic of Florence as the Palazzo Vecchio and the city’s cathedral with its dome by Brunelleschi. Art: For Florence, Vasari Was a Man of All Talents 2011-07-13T11:48:19Z A combination of historical sleuthing and scientific analysis led Mr. Seracini to venture that Vasari covered Leonardo’s oil painting with a protective wall, then painted his own fresco on top, where it remains today. Leonardo Mural in Florence May Be Revealed 2011-08-26T23:53:05Z In his record of contemporary artists, which was the first Western essay ever in art criticism, Vasari notes that the artist, mild and urbane, was highly respected. Review: A Florentine Artist's Two Aesthetic Lives 2010-02-19T13:15:00Z “From Leonardo Rustici learned many things,” as Vasari wrote, “especially in making horses, of which he was very fond, producing them in clay, in wax, in the round and bas-relief, and every imaginable way.” Art Review: The Great Rustici Emerges From the Shadows 2010-12-13T15:41:00Z “Giovanfrancesco, while making the clay model of this work, would have no one around but Leonardo da Vinci,” writes Vasari. Art Review: The Great Rustici Emerges From the Shadows 2010-12-13T15:41:00Z A superhero is exactly what Giorgio Vasari saw in him when he published his Life of Leonardo da Vinci in the 16th century. Leonardo the ladykiller? 2013-04-16T11:27:51Z Interspersed with these factoids are numerous stories taken from Vasari’s “Lives” itself. For the juiciest gossip on Renaissance artists, listen to Giorgio Vasari 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Vasari’s vision survived until the early 1900s, when design was redefined again, this time with a focus on industry. Heroes and Villains in the Pantheon of Design 2010-04-25T13:50:00Z According to Vasari, Botticelli became a follower of the Dominican friar and gave up painting as a result. Special Report: The New Art Season: The Renaissance Flowers Again 2011-09-07T10:30:06Z Long before Harold Bloom advanced his theory about the “anxiety of influence,” Vasari recognized that the struggle for artistic excellence pits living artists against the most formidable precursors. How Giorgio Vasari Invented Art History as We Know It 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Raphael “continued to divert himself beyond measure with the pleasures of love,” wrote Vasari. For Britain’s National Gallery, a Raphael Show Comes at the Right Time 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z To guide her strokes, she constantly looked down at her cellphone screen, following Vasari’s preparatory underdrawing, which had been obtained by electronic scans. After the Florence Flood: Saving Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’ 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Whether or not Piero was as odd as Vasari claimed—and recent scholarship has dug up only a few additional facts—the paintings do suggest someone with a unique perspective. Monsters and merry mayhem 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z According to Vasari, Salai was "a very attractive youth of unusual grace and looks, with very beautiful hair which he wore curled in ringlets and which delighted his master". Germaine Greer: The debate over Mona Lisa's identity 2011-02-20T22:30:00Z Piero lived, the inventive Vasari wrote, like the beasts of the field. Monsters and merry mayhem 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z The historical ambivalence to Piero likely comes directly from Vasari, who both praised him, and then cast shade on his personality. Season preview: At last, Piero di Cosimo gets a retrospective — and it’s in D.C. 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z For instance, the earliest biography of da Vinci was written by Vasari in "The Lives of Artists," which was written maybe 50 years after da Vinci died. ArtsBeat: Renaissance Men: David S. Goyer Introduces 'Da Vinci's Demons' for Starz 2012-10-12T12:00:54Z “Raphael was a very amorous person,” wrote Giorgio Vasari, his first biographer. In the Virtual (and Actual) Footsteps of Raphael 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Though mainly a life of Vasari — and one contending that he is a major — their book also touches on many of the civic, intellectual and aesthetic currents of 16th-century Italy. For the juiciest gossip on Renaissance artists, listen to Giorgio Vasari 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z But the challenges for the Vasari appeared insurmountable until the last decade, with conservators hoping for new expertise to help them. After the Florence Flood: Saving Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’ 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z In his own telling, Vasari characterizes himself as a frail child who suffered from chronic nosebleeds. How Giorgio Vasari Invented Art History as We Know It 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z In his 17th biography of the artist, Giorgio Vasari wrote: “Because he took delight in all things, he set his hand to doing everything, without considering whether it was insignificant or prestigious.” Donatello Gets His Due 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z In the first edition of The Lives of the Artists, published in Florence in 1550, the artist and critic Giorgio Vasari claimed that Leonardo da Vinci was a "heretic" who did not believe in God. Leonardo Da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks ? more to Mary than meets the eye? 2010-07-14T13:24:00Z Giorgio Vasari, artist, writer and father of art history, wrote that, during the course of its tragically short life, the frozen figure was deemed “very beautiful.” ‘Marvelous Sugar Baby’ as a Contribution to Ephemeral Art 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Rustici left his own interpretations of Leonardo’s murals in the form of terracottas for which, as Vasari noted, there was considerable demand. Art Review: The Great Rustici Emerges From the Shadows 2010-12-13T15:41:00Z Vasari, who is regarded as the first art historian, was born in the central region of Tuscany, where he served the Italian banking family and political dynasty the Medici, in Florence. Stolen 16th century Vasari letter returned to its Italian home 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z It was instantly hailed as a masterpiece, with Renaissance artist Giorgio Vasari saying the David "surpassed" any statue that had ever existed before. Principal forced to resign over Michelangelo's David visits sculpture 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The artist adored young men with long hair, according to Vasari’s 1550 Life of Leonardo. 'It took genius to chisel these buttocks' – the top 10 bottoms in art, chosen by our critic 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z The Florence painter takes up the first biography in Giorgio Vasari’s hugely influential “Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects,” published in 1550. Cimabue Painting Discovered in French Kitchen Fetches Nearly $27 Million 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z And that, according to Vasari, is how Leonardo used it. The Hendrix of the Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci, pop star 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z In the letter, Vasari disclosed the painter's fees as well as commenting on the progress of his works. Stolen 16th century Vasari letter returned to its Italian home 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z There, wrote his biographer, Giorgio Vasari, in 1550, “he took for his assistant the Milanese Salaì, who was most comely in grace and beauty, having fine locks, curling in ringlets, in which Leonard greatly delighted …” Did Leonardo da Vinci create a nude Mona Lisa – and if so, who was the model? 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z And one image of Saint Sebastian, according to the biographer Giorgio Vasari, was removed from a church for provoking “light and evil thoughts” among female parishioners. Skin in the game: do we need to take down nudes – or look at them harder? 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z A 1568 second edition of Giorgio Vasari’s groundbreaking book, “Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects,” is opened to a woodcut portrait of a rather hangdog Pontormo. Review: Pontormos ‘Visitation,’ a Renaissance masterpiece of extreme imagination, visits the Getty 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z As the Renaissance artist and historian Giorgio Vasari put it in “Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects,” it’s “the animating principal of all creative processes.” A year after Hurricane Harvey delayed its debut, a home for modern drawings opens in Houston - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z He looks like just the kind of androgynous, long-haired model Leonardo loved to portray and, said his 16th-century biographer Vasari, surround himself with, in a workshop that was the Renaissance precursor to Warhol’s Factory. The Da Vinci mystery: why is his $450m masterpiece really being kept under wraps? 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z The 16th-century biographer Giorgio Vasari called Mantegna “praiseworthy in all his actions”, and predicted “his memory will ever live not only in his own country but in the whole world”. Brothers in art: the Renaissance rivalry of Mantegna and Bellini 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Renaissance chronicler Giorgio Vasari claimed the painting was the best thing Mantegna ever did. Out of the shadows, into the light: 'Chiaroscuro Woodcut' is a sleeper hit at LACMA 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Vasari added his own illustrations and motifs based on the style of the artist featured. Lost, stolen, blown up and fed to pigs: the greatest missing masterpieces 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z As the 16th-century writer Giorgio Vasari described it: “A smile so pleasing that it was more divine than human.” Why is the Mona Lisa smiling? You asked Google – here’s the answer | David Colman 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Vasari pulls his subjects down off their artistic pedestals, and sketches in characteristics that are all too human. Giorgio Vasari, the man who created art history 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Vasari LLC plans to close roughly 20 locations that lost money when the local economy weakened in the recent energy downturn. Dairy Queen Franchisee Files for Bankruptcy, Citing Energy Downturn 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Giorgio Vasari in the 16th century claimed Leonardo employed musicians and jesters to make Lisa smile. Did the Mona Lisa have syphilis? 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Of all the lost artworks that could fill our museum of lost art, the “books of drawings” collected by Vasari is perhaps the most apt. Lost, stolen, blown up and fed to pigs: the greatest missing masterpieces 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z As the Renaissance art historian Giorgio Vasari put it: “And truly it was a miracle on the part of Michelangelo to restore to life a thing that was dead.” David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the World’s Most Perfect Statue 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z In “The Collector of Lives”, an insightful and gripping new book about Vasari, Ingrid Rowland and Noah Charney avoid the endless debate over which of the biographer’s stories are true or false. Giorgio Vasari, the man who created art history 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Vinceti also bases his theory on claims by 16th Italian art historian and painter Giorgio Vasari that Gherardini’s husband hired clowns to try to make her smile for the sitting. Mona Lisa: research backs theory on male and female models, 'art detective' claims 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Vinceti also bases his theory on claims by 16th Italian art historian and painter Giorgio Vasari that Gherardini's husband hired clowns to try to make her smile for the sitting. Art detective says female and male model used for Mona Lisa face 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z But Vasari, the first art historian, was a great admirer of Leonardo and it is unlikely that he willingly painted over the Anghiari fresco. Lost, stolen, blown up and fed to pigs: the greatest missing masterpieces 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Inside the hall of Clement VII, as the office is called, a 16th-century fresco by Giorgio Vasari depicts the siege that put Florence back into the grips of the powerful Medici family. Florence seeks a better class of tourist to share its besieged medieval treasures 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z Vasari achieved contemporary fame and wealth by his rigorous work ethic. Giorgio Vasari, the man who created art history 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z He had been reading Vasari’s biographical sketches of the artists of the Renaissance, and it struck Obrist that he could try to meet creators, too. Hans Ulrich Obrist, the Curator Who Never Sleeps 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z In the hall, a huge 16th-century fresco by Giorgio Vasari is believed by researchers to conceal The Battle of Anghiari, a lost masterpiece by da Vinci. Dan Brown's Inferno: Florence hopes for a tourism miracle 2013-05-11T18:42:26Z The story of Battle of Anghiari is told in Jonathan Jones’s fine book, The Lost Battles, and in my last book, Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art. Lost, stolen, blown up and fed to pigs: the greatest missing masterpieces 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z In March, researchers in Italy found what they thought were traces of a possible Leonardo Da Vinci work hidden under Giorgio Vasari's The Battle of Marciano in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Major art controversies of 2012 2012-12-27T03:30:01Z Shrugging off taunts from jealous rivals about his short stature, Vasari created work across the Italian peninsula that was lauded by contemporaries and made him as celebrated as many of the artists he wrote about. Giorgio Vasari, the man who created art history 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z The pontiff," says Vasari, "was much inclined to philosophical inquiry, and was more especially addicted to the study of alchemy. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Vasari says that in these he "wished to be supreme, and to excel himself." Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z When they returned, Duke Cosimo commissioned his architect, Giorgio Vasari, to renovate the room, increasing its size and to paint it with a new fresco cycle showing Medici military victories. Lost, stolen, blown up and fed to pigs: the greatest missing masterpieces 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Some art experts disputed the findings and signed a petition to stop the investigation, claiming the drilling was damaging Vasari's existing work. Major art controversies of 2012 2012-12-27T03:30:01Z His unattractive appearance may well be the reason, the authors believe, that Vasari championed the similarly plain-looking Giotto and Brunelleschi, reminding the reader that “lumps of earth often conceal veins of gold.” Giorgio Vasari, the man who created art history 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Vasari said of the decorations in the Loggie, "It is impossible to execute or to conceive a more exquisite work." Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z In the chapel of the Virgin are the cherubs, whose graceful movements and exquisite flesh-tints Vasari declares to have been unsurpassed by any artist in fresco. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z It was a collection of 12 large folio blank books, into which Vasari pasted drawings he had collected by the most famous artists of the 14th to 16th centuries, from Giotto to Michelangelo. Lost, stolen, blown up and fed to pigs: the greatest missing masterpieces 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Vasari set the greatest store by one of these satirical sketches, representing a boy with a lobster clawed to his finger, and a small girl laughing at his nimbleness. Women Painters of the World From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day 2012-03-29T02:00:13.340Z By prioritising the creators themselves over what they created, championing their deeds and elevating their status, Vasari helped lay the foundations for art history as well for how art is understood today. Giorgio Vasari, the man who created art history 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Crowe and Cavalcaselle say, "Vasari reflects an opinion which holds to this day, that the 'head of Christ is stupendous and miraculous.'" Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The second chapel on the right has paintings by pupils of Perugino; the fifth contains St. Paul healed by Ananias, by Vasari. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Becerra had studied under Vasari in Rome, and the influence is shown too plainly. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The new volume of Bohn's Standard Library is the fourth of Mrs. Foster's excellent translations of Vasari's Lives of the most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 107, November 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-15T02:00:34.113Z Vasari has given full details of the sumptuous furniture which was executed by the sixteenth century Academicians of Florence. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z Vasari says this work "seems rather to have been performed by miracle than by the aid of man." Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The work was entrusted to Michael Angelo and Vasari, who were at that time on terms of intimate friendship. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z They generally produced good designs, which were invariably well coloured, and these still remain entire, while those of Vasari and Zuccari stand in need of continual restoration and retouching from the fading of their colours. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z And what if the picture now in Madrid was in Florence during the 16th century, and seen by Vasari? New Mona Lisa Stirs Buzz Over Romantic Triangle: Martin Gayford 2012-02-23T00:44:57Z In 1536, on the occasion of the entry of Charles V. into Florence, he took service in that city under Vasari. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Vasari tells a story which, whether true or false, illustrates the character of those who profess much because they know little. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Vasari adds that Orgagna had crowded his picture with a great many inscriptions, most of which were obliterated by time. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z This gave rise to the assertion of Vasari's annotator, that he remained in Rome in quality of Raffaello's pupil during this interval, and on his master's death, in 1520, returned to Lombardy. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z It would be unfair to consider Condivi as the literary competitor of Vasari, yet great respect is to be paid to a narrative composed under the immediate eye of Michaelagnolo himself. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z In the latter part of his life Luca was mainly occupied with the production of terra-cotta reliefs covered with enamel, a process which he improved upon, but did not invent, as Vasari asserts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Nine days after this, says Vasari, May 2, 1519, at the age of sixty-seven, Leonardo died in the arms of his devoted King, Francis I.; but later historians have considered this doubtful. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Vasari recounts how he learnt his art in the workshop of Perugino in company with Raphael, and even helped his master in the Cambio frescoes. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z Vasari, when he praises his works in fresco, considers him in no way inferior to Foppa. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z At all events, there undoubtedly has been an inscription on the edge of the pannel, a circumstance in itself highly favourable to its being the very picture which Vasari has described. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Vasari, indeed, sends him on a giddy but in the main evidently fabulous round of travels, including a sojourn in France, which it is certain he never made. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z He left a manuscript on art and artists, which Vasari found most valuable in his biographies. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z We are consequently at the mercy of local legends, which were no doubt recounted to Vasari by the Assisans themselves when he visited the town in the middle of the sixteenth century. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z To this we may add the name of the Consiglier de' Pagave, who published very interesting notices relating to this school, in the third, fifth, and eighth volumes of the new Sienese edition of Vasari. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z Lives of the most eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, translated from the Italian of Giorgio Vasari, &c., by Mrs. Foster, vol. iii., is another volume of Mr. Bohn's Standard Library. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 95, August 23, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-24T03:07:54.103Z It was between 1465 and 1474 that this artist executed the “Communion of the Apostles” which Vasari has described, and modern critics now see to the best advantage in the museum of Urbino. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z He also," says Vasari, "filled a book with drawings in red crayons, outlined with the pen, all copies made with the utmost care from bodies dissected by his own hand. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z In the seductive pages of Vasari the account reads so pleasantly that it seems a pity later writers should have discovered that the story rests upon uncertain dates and legends. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z In this work, which was one of the earliest efforts of Baldassare, Vasari seems inclined to yield the palm of excellence to the Milanese artist. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z The “Battle of Anghiari” already was peeling in the early 16th century, according to Vasari himself. Hunt for Da Vinci Battle Fresco Stirs Squabble: Martin Gayford 2011-12-21T00:27:06Z Vasari is the principal authority in regard to this artist; but it is not by any means easy to bring the details of his narrative into harmony with such facts as can now be verified. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z "Whatever he did," says Vasari, "bore an impress of harmony, truthfulness, goodness, sweetness, and grace, wherein no other man could ever equal him." Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z It was justly admired by Vasari, who thought the peasant drinking was worthy of "perpetual praise." The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z I apprehend that an error committed by Vasari gave rise to an additional one in the mind of Pagave, a very accurate writer. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z Inside the great dome is a very peculiar, very grotesque frieze, by a great painter named Vasari, depicting the flames of hell and awful monsters around them. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z Flemish annalists of the 16th century have enlarged upon the scanty statements of Vasari, and described Jodocus as a pupil of Hubert Van Eyck. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z This made him suspect that Vasari preserved Leonardo’s unfinished fresco rather than destroying it. X-Rays Reveal What Lies Beneath 2011-10-24T12:45:00.267Z But then Cimabue was a Tuscan, and Vasari, the painter of 157 Tuscan Arezzo, was determined to give as much glory to his fatherland as he could. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z He was by many called the Vasari, and the Zuccaro of Lombardy; although to say truth, he surpasses them in sweetness of style and of colours. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z Most of the eminent men of Italy rose from similar inspirations, which Michael Angelo observed when speaking of Vasari in terms of admiration. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z Vasari gives a full description of each–but no traces of the original works now remain. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z The interior of the great dome was painted by Vasari and Zuccaro, but reveals no beauties of design. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The frescoes here have been assigned to that mythical person Buffalmaco, of whom Vasari relates such humorous tales. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z Vasari bestows the highest commendations upon Sofonisba, and upon the other sisters, with whom he was acquainted at Cremona, when they were young. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z Connected to the museum but worlds away, the hushed Vasari Corridor, which extends for about a half-mile over the Arno, is accessible only by private tour. Only In?Florence 2011-09-23T19:36:57Z Vasari has made a similar confusion in the case of two emperors of the name of Frederick. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z In the sixteenth century Vasari altered the interior and took away the marble screen that divided the conventual from the public part of the church. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z I always thought it was fabulous, till I met with it in the translation of Vasari's Lives of the Painters, vol. ii. p. 305., now being published in Bohn's Standard Library. Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-23T02:00:20.637Z Vasari's editor, at Rome, produces one of a bald old man, little agreeable to our ideas of Coreggio, who died at the age of forty. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z Gaddo Gaddi was, according to Vasari, an intimate friend of Cimabue, and afterwards of Giotto. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The picture of St. Francis on the altar, ascribed by Vasari to Cimabue, is probably by some unknown painter at the close of the thirteenth century. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z "Often," says Vasari, "when his feet were frozen with cold in the night time, he kept them in a basket of shavings to warm them, that he might not be compelled to discontinue his drawings." Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z Vasari, in his Lives of the Painters, tells the whole romantic story of his life. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z In his native state he met with two more models in Pordenone and Soiaro, in whose style, according to Vasari, he exercised himself, before he became acquainted with the works of Giulio. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z The earliest of all is recorded by Milanesi in his notes to the life in Vasari. Great Masters in Painting: Perugino 2011-06-27T02:00:59.487Z Amongst modern masters of mosaic," says Vasari, "nothing has yet been seen better than this. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Heinecken would arbitrate between the jealous patriots; he concedes that Vasari might ascribe the invention of the art in Italy to Finiguerra, yet that engraving might have been practised in Germany, though unknown in Italy. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z George Vasari, painter and author of the “Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors and Architects.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Companion to him in the numerous works of the T�, we find Rinaldo Mantovano, considered by Vasari the most celebrated painter of the city, while he laments the untimely termination of his days. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z Vasari states clearly that the picture was done at Vallombrosa, but his statements of this sort have always to be accepted with caution. Great Masters in Painting: Perugino 2011-06-27T02:00:59.487Z Over the central door is a fine but restored mosaic of the Coronation of Madonna, by Giotto's friend and contemporary, Gaddo Gaddi, which is highly praised by Vasari. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z If we may trust Vasari—but it is difficult to suppose that he was entirely correct—the exceeding value which Francia set on Raphael’s art brought him to his grave. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z Vasari, who was at one time a pupil of Andrea, describes her as faithless, jealous, overbearing, and vixenish with the apprentices. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z In this series Vasari has omitted to mention several others whom the Mantuans have enumerated as belonging to the school of Giulio, and as natives of their country. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z In the midst of so many conflicting theories it may be allowable for me to agree with Vasari. Great Masters in Painting: Perugino 2011-06-27T02:00:59.487Z Vasari says, "To whoso considers this work, it does not seem from the hand of a youth, but from that of an accomplished and past master in these studies, and experienced in the art." The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z He was particularly proficient in fresco, and Vasari even says that he surpassed all his contemporaries in this method—a judgment which modern connoisseurship does not accept. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z Note.—Vasari says that the Borgo Allegri at Florence took its name from the joy of the inhabitants when a Madonna by Cimabue was carried through it in procession. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The former, according to Vasari, painted several histories of the Passion, truly beautiful and deserving of commendation. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z The first commission he executed well, the second so carelessly that Vasari states that the monks gave the place of honour to the picture begun by Filippino Lippi. Great Masters in Painting: Perugino 2011-06-27T02:00:59.487Z Over the entrance is a Crucifix ascribed by Vasari to Giotto. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Vasari, who wrote the lives of the Italian painters, truly said, "It is not by sleeping, but by working, waking, and laboring continually, that proficiency is attained and reputation acquired." Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z Vasari attributes the first invention of these and similar ingegni to Filippo Brunelleschi. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Doubtless many of his other early productions were of an inferior description, and are dispersed abroad, either unknown, or disputed, Vasari having recorded of him that he completed many pictures and works. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z This picture, according to Vasari, was painted in Florence, and commissioned by the Abbot Simone de' Graziani, and conveyed to the cathedral at heavy cost on the backs of porters. Great Masters in Painting: Perugino 2011-06-27T02:00:59.487Z I sought to understand," he says in his second commentary, that book which excited Vasari's scorn, "how forms strike upon the eye, and how the theoretic part of graphic and pictorial art should be managed. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z The Chevalier di Vasari held his lady’s hand clasped within both his own; and he so held it long, and spoke not. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Men marched in front, holding a pike to balance these unwieldy creatures; but Vasari states that some specialists in this craft were able to walk the streets on stilts six cubits high, without assistance. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z He also distinguished himself at Rome; and it will be sufficient to add, that he was the artist selected to restore the pictures of Michelangiolo, as we find recorded in the notes to Vasari. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z It is probable that Vasari's story of the boy having been brought into Perugia at a tender age and put as shop drudge with a painter in that city is correct. Great Masters in Painting: Perugino 2011-06-27T02:00:59.487Z "I know not," writes Vasari, "what to say of this Cenacolo that would not be too little, seeing it to be such that all who behold it are struck with astonishment." The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z And Gonsalvo di Vasari, the last relative and next heir, seemed less curious to revenge his kinsman’s death than to inherit. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Bold, quick and resolute, he saw how easy it would be to earn a livelihood and acquire a name by drawing for engravers and painting on a large scale after the fashion of Vasari. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The silence of Vasari, of Lomazzo, of Baldinucci, as well as the chief part of foreigners, is thus likewise accounted for. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z It would be very interesting to know the name of this painter, as, according to Vasari, he had great influence upon Pietro. Great Masters in Painting: Perugino 2011-06-27T02:00:59.487Z Vasari's statement that Giotto furnished the designs for Andrea is now entirely discredited. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z The cloak which your people recognise, may or may not, for aught I know, have been taken from the Signor Lorenzo di Vasari. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Both agree strictly with the accounts of Finiguerra’s drawings left us by Vasari and Baldinucci, and disagree in no respect with the character of the inlaid figures of the sacristy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z This method he acquired from Raffaello; and he is commended by Vasari as the best artist known for his production of distinguished pupils. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z Vasari describes it so clearly that there is no possibility of error as to the picture he names. Great Masters in Painting: Perugino 2011-06-27T02:00:59.487Z Under Brunelleschi's vast dome–the effect of which is terribly marred by miserable frescoes by Vasari and Zuccheri–are the choir and the high altar. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z “This is too hideous!” exclaimed Di Vasari, turning his horse away. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z In the last years of the 18th century Vasari’s account of Finiguerra’s invention was held to have received a decisive and startling confirmation under the following circumstances. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Vasari does not share the circumstances of this transfer, but perhaps it suffices to posit that Michelangelo may have held more sway than his contemporaries. Lawyers & Tech Entrepreneurs: Four Important Lessons From Michelangelo's Sculpting of The David 2011-03-07T15:31:54Z Vasari states that "for the altar of the Sacrament where the ring with which the Virgin Mary was espoused is preserved, this master painted an altar-piece representing the Marriage of Our Lady." Great Masters in Painting: Perugino 2011-06-27T02:00:59.487Z According to Giotto's original plan, the whole was to have been crowned with a pyramidical steeple or spire; Vasari says that it was abandoned "because it was a German thing, and of antiquated fashion." The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Gonsalvo di Vasari sat alone in his palace; and the hour of midnight was passed, and yet there was no messenger. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Giorgio Vasari, architect, painter, biographer, designed the Uffizi at Florence, painted many indifferent pictures, and wrote "Lives of the Painters," a garrulous, discursive, inaccurate, and delightful book. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z According to Vasari, Michelangelo measured the stone and calculated whether he could carve a satisfactory figure from the block “by accommodating its attitude,” which he did while working continuously in secret beneath his scaffolding. Lawyers & Tech Entrepreneurs: Four Important Lessons From Michelangelo's Sculpting of The David 2011-03-07T15:31:54Z Vasari speaks of the monastery under its old name of the Cestello, and records that a picture of St. Bernard was also painted for the same house, but this has been lost. Great Masters in Painting: Perugino 2011-06-27T02:00:59.487Z Vasari, indeed, states that it was taken from Arnolfo's model in wood. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z And as soon as she shall have passed the boundaries of the Florentine territory, I will confess the whole—much or little—that I can disclose of the fate of the Chevalier di Vasari.” Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z He employed Vasari to design the Uffizi, completed the edifice that holds the Laurentian library, and led as magnificent a life as a due regard for his purse would allow. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z It must not be forgotten that this apparent lack of art is often the highest art, and so it is not surprising to hear Vasari spoken of as the Herodotus of art. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z The occasion of this journey has been erroneously stated by Vasari. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z "It is believed," says Vasari, "to be the best conceived and the most beautiful and commodious convent of any in Italy, thanks to the virtue and industry of Michelozzo." The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z “And this immense house is full, then!” said the Chevalier Di Vasari, as he paused for a moment in front of the hospital. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Donatello was a great friend of Brunelleschi, and Vasari tells this anecdote about them. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z While at Padua doing the "Gatamelata," Vasari tells us that his works were held to be miracles, and they were praised so much that finally the master resolved characteristically to return to Florence. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Giorgio Vasari, himself an acclaimed artist, lived in the 16th Century. Heirs delay sale of historic papers in Italy tax tussle 2010-03-09T18:05:00Z Perhaps, if she had not made herself so unpleasant to her husband's pupils and assistants, good Giorgio Vasari–the youngest of them–might not have left us so dark a picture of this beautiful Florentine. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z “And these associates, for whose lives you covenant?” continued Di Vasari, when the prisoner’s request had been complied with. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z In the square behind the church is a colonnade designed by Vasari. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" There is an old tradition mentioned by Vasari, that charming gatherer of legends with regard to the old painters, that Leonardo, unable to satisfy himself with the head and face of Jesus, left it unfinished. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Beyond some references in general works on Italian painting, very little has been written on Paris Bordone since the days of Vasari. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Vasari says that in this picture he looks so exactly like himself that "one trembles before him as if he were still alive." The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Before you ruin your own objects, and mine, past helping—Signor di Vasari—I know whom it is I have to deal with—Definitively—what is it that you demand?” Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z It is mentioned by Vasari as a work which the artist "conducted to perfection with all the diligence of which he was capable." Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Vasari mentions fifty scholars who were employed as pupils and assistants in this workshop. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Vasari says, “The power and boldness of Albert increasing with time, and as he perceived his works to obtain increasing estimation, he now executed engravings on copper, which amazed all who beheld them.” Dürer Artist-Biographies Here, too, is Andrea Mantegna's terrible Judith, conceived in the spirit of some Roman heroine, which once belonged to Vasari and was highly valued by him. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z “Why, let him then see!” exclaimed Di Vasari, starting from his seat. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Of the general works on the history of art from which material on our subject may be drawn, the most important is of course Vasari's "Lives." Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction In spite of Vasari's traditions, who here seems to have indulged his fancy for the sensational, Judas has a very interesting human face, rather weak than strong, but with redeeming qualities in it. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Vasari says almost the same thing in regard to the four statues of Captives sketched in the block and not yet cut from it. Michelangelo The shops of goldsmiths and jewellers were originally established here in the days of Cosimo I., for whom Giorgio Vasari built the gallery that runs above to connect the two Grand Ducal Palaces. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Their pale brightness flashed as the light of the taper fell upon them; they formed the name—and they told the fortunes—of Di Vasari. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Her feet rest against a little dog, which, according to the old writer, Vasari, was an emblem of conjugal fidelity. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction He sent two sonnets to Vasari when he was about seventy-five, as he told the biographer "that you may see where I keep my thoughts." The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z "His rule," says Vasari, "was never to make any likeness of a living person unless he was of transcendent beauty." Michelangelo The frescoes that cover its ceiling and walls were executed about the middle of the fourteenth century–according to Vasari by Simone Martini and Taddeo Gaddi, though this seems highly doubtful. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z On the floor lay Gonsalvo di Vasari—dead; his garments scorched; his face and hands discoloured; his body mangled with a shower of balls; and the shell of the fatal casket at his feet. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Vasari declared that he "was venerated almost as a saint for the admirable virtues which he added to his knowledge of art." Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction According to Vasari, Leonardo fairly outdid himself on this face and head and he talks about "the force and truth with which the master has exhibited the imperious determination, hatred and treachery of Judas." The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z The artists were not the only ones who looked upon Michelangelo as a supernatural being, for princes bowed before his fame and his great virtue as Vasari calls it. Michelangelo Vasari's curiously inaccurate account of him has somewhat blurred his real figure in the history of art. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z When questioned, however, both casually in his way back to the jail by the officer of justice, and formally, afterwards, by Gonsalvo di Vasari himself, he maintained a determined silence. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Another important work of this period, and not, as Vasari maintains, of Donatello’s youth, is the “Annunciation” relief, with its wealth of delicately wrought Renaissance motifs in the architectural setting. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Vasari's stories of him show that even at this early date, when he was only a boy, his sketches and plastic work had for subjects smiling women. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Besides it is well to note that the faults were emphasised by the manner in which Vasari carried it out. Michelangelo Again, there were carried to him by M. Leonardo Marinozzi, the private Chamberlain of Duke Cosimo, letters written by his Excellency; and so also by Vasari. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings “If you inherit not your kinsman’s patrimony, Gonsalvo di Vasari, till you learn that, your patience, as well as your purse, shall fare the harder.” Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z This Vasari did in order that the memory of that work might be preserved, seeing that drawings perish very readily. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 08 (of 10) Bastiano to Taddeo Zucchero Vasari tells us that he carved all day and drew all night, keeping his feet warm through the long winter evenings by covering them up in a basketful of carpenter shavings. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z The Academy of Drawing, founded by Vasari, was a college of disciples and apostles. Michelangelo By order of Duke Cosimo, a reply was written to Michelagnolo by Vasari in a letter of few words, exhorting him to repatriate himself, with a sonnet corresponding in the rhymes. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings “In Heaven’s name, by the north bank be it then,” returned Di Vasari; “for we already lose time.” Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z And so, when Vasari rode into their midst on his horse, Jacone said to him: "Well, Giorgio, how goes it with you?" Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 08 (of 10) Bastiano to Taddeo Zucchero Vasari has an enthusiastic tribute, which even discounting his well-known tendency to praise overmuch under certain circumstances, still serves to show how thoroughly satisfied this period of great art was with these masterpieces. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Vasari tells us that Michelangelo made a life-size drawing of Cavalieri, the only portrait which he ever made, for he had a horror of copying a living person unless they were of incomparable beauty. Michelangelo This Dialogue, when Vasari shall have more time, will be published. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings Di Vasari was of that age, and of that temperament, in which absence was likely to weaken a passion rather than increase it. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Meanwhile Vasari, not neglecting the study of letters, by order of the Cardinal spent two hours every day with Ippolito and Alessandro de' Medici, under their master Pierio, an able man. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 08 (of 10) Bastiano to Taddeo Zucchero It is not my custom," replied Vasari, "to profit by the labour of others. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 07 (of 10) Tribolo to Il Sodoma Vasari says that there was not a sketch, not the roughest note, or any sort of fragment of his which he had not devoutly drawn. Michelangelo Michelagnolo then wrote to Vasari, on the first day of August in 1550, of the change that the Pope had made; and these are his words, written in his own hand: Rome. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings The broad blade flashed as he waved it in the moonlight; and the name of the first proprietor, “Di Vasari” showed in cold, dull characters, like unpolished silver, worked upon the dark unburnished steel. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z That votive picture fell not many years ago into the hands of Giorgio Vasari, who presented it to the reverend Don Vincenzio Borghini, the Director of the Hospital of the Innocenti, who holds it dear. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 08 (of 10) Bastiano to Taddeo Zucchero Not having succeeded in this, therefore, Vasari, as one who loved Cristofano, set himself to contrive to remove him at least from S. Giustino, where he, with other exiles, was living in the greatest peril. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 07 (of 10) Tribolo to Il Sodoma That sublime painting," writes Vasari, "should serve as a model in our art. Michelangelo It is God's will, Vasari, that I should continue to live in misery for some years. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings “But it cannot surely be with all thus?” pursued Di Vasari, with increasing agitation. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Now, while Francesco was living in Rome, with no greater desire than to see his friend Giorgio Vasari in that city, Fortune was favourable to his wishes in that respect, and even more to Vasari. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 08 (of 10) Bastiano to Taddeo Zucchero Besides this, he was so gracious in his conversation and his jesting as he worked, that Vasari would at times stay working in his company from morning till night, without ever growing weary. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 07 (of 10) Tribolo to Il Sodoma Michelangelo was worried about what would become of Urbino after his own death, and one day, says Vasari, he asked him, "What will you do when I die?" Michelangelo On which account Vasari feared that the work should be abandoned, because it would look poor; but in fact, when he saw it finished, he confessed that Michelagnolo had shown great judgment. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings Gonsalvo di Vasari listened patiently till the outlaw had concluded, but it was with the air of a man who was not unmoved by anything that was saying. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z My early and ruling passion for the liberal arts, and especially for painting and architecture, induced me to seek the instructions of Giorgio Vasari. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 The dissuasions of Cristofano being thus added to the little desire that Vasari had to stay there, they went off together. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 07 (of 10) Tribolo to Il Sodoma He complained," says Vasari, "that he had suffered greatly in executing these works. Michelangelo Vasari had finished in that year the printing of his work, the Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, in Florence. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings It was the hour of midnight on the morrow; and Gonsalvo di Vasari sat in his library alone; and he rejoiced in the fortune of his arrangements. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Vasari, the historian of Italian painting, zealous for his own native state of Florence, has left us the generally current account of Cimabue, which later researches have to a great extent invalidated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Not even the science of Vasari will make that form strong which the laws of nature have condemned to weakness. Old and New London Volume I "He had trouble with those in his service," says Vasari, "for he never chanced to find men who could imitate him well." Michelangelo And here in Tuscany many very beautiful windows of fired glass have been made for the Duke of Florence by Wouter Crabeth and Giorgio, Flemings and able men, from the designs of Vasari. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings I shall have no difficulty in proving to the world's satisfaction that you shamefully cheated Dino Vasari, and that you twice—yes, twice—tried to murder him, in order to gain your own ends. Under False Pretences A Novel Vasari, however, looked round for the assistance he wanted; a circumstance which Tiraboschi has not noticed: like Hogarth, he required a literary man for his scribe. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 By the order of the Pope, the famous Vasari painted in the Sala Regia of the Vatican palace several pictures representing different scenes in the Parisian massacre. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 Michelangelo," says Vasari, "explained his project to Tiberio so that he could make a clear and accurate drawing of it. Michelangelo Wherefore, on Vasari's return, he wrote to the Duke that he should carry out that undertaking, since it was worthy of his greatness. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings "It's the only one there is, now," said Percival, "Vasari is dead." Under False Pretences A Novel Again: “Vasari’s memory was either so treacherous, or his rapidity in writing so inconsiderate, that his account of the Capella Sistina, and the stanze of Raffaello, is a mere heap of errors and unpardonable confusion.” Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Vasari recommends, as obviating certain miscalculations which frequently happened, that sculptors should prepare large models by which to measure the capacities of their block of marble. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion Vasari says that "his genius and strength could not live without creation." Michelangelo And all this was the invention of Vasari. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings The lad, Dino Vasari, or whatever his name is, tried hard to keep him, but failed. Under False Pretences A Novel All this strongly confirms the suspicion that Vasari employed different hands at different times to write out his work. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Vasari particularly extols the sculptor’s treatment of the figures of women and children. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" He was said by Vasari to spend his time in playing the wag, in enjoyment rather than work, and in criticising the works of others. Intarsia and Marquetry Vasari, who had seen the cap several times, reflecting that he did not use wax, but candles of pure goat's tallow, which are excellent, sent him four bundles of these, which weighed forty libbre. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings Nothing would convince her that her own baby still lived, or that this child was not the offspring of the Vasari household. Under False Pretences A Novel Vasari’s History of Artists, not entirely written by himself, iii. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Vasari here refers to the wall paintings in fresco of the "Nativity," "Finding of Moses," and "Assumption." Perugino This is apparently the same thing as Vasari calls "oil of sulphur," used in his time for colouring wood. Intarsia and Marquetry Whereupon Vasari, occupying himself with fervour in this matter, introduced him into the service of the Duke, for whom he has executed many statues in marble and in bronze that are not yet in position. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings At the time when Mrs. Luttrell first made the statement that she believed you to be Vincenza Vasari's son, her mind was in a very unsettled state. Under False Pretences A Novel Vasari, not always trustworthy, either in dates, facts, or opinions, yet delightfully human in his histories, is indispensable, and new editions and translations are constantly issued. The Venetian School of Painting Even so, Vasari is much too good a judge to depreciate his art, but he attacks the Perugian master personally, and his remarks about religion do not count for much. Perugino Evidently this means what Vasari calls oil of sulphur, aqua fortis. Intarsia and Marquetry Let us then follow Vasari a little further, and we shall find, at any rate, what is typical of the development of genius. Six Centuries of Painting If his mother's story were true, he was, as she had said, the son of an Italian gardener called Vasari; his name then must be Vasari; his baptismal name he did not know. Under False Pretences A Novel He was received in Rome by Cardinal Bembo; Paul III. gave him a cordial welcome and Vasari was appointed his cicerone. The Venetian School of Painting Great pleasure had Vasari in beholding his works and in conversing with the master. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He finished his brother's presses in the sacristy of S. Maria dei Fiori, and, in the opinion of Vasari, surpassed him and became the best master of his period. Intarsia and Marquetry A more prosaic passage follows presently, occasioned by the innuendoes of Condivi as to Vasari's intimacy with Michelangelo and his knowledge of the facts of his life at first hand. Six Centuries of Painting And, therefore, the boy will be Dino Vasari, as far as I can see, to his life's end. Under False Pretences A Novel The “Pietà” at Viterbo shows that influence very strongly; in fact, Vasari says that Michelangelo himself drew the cartoon for the figure of Christ, which would account for its extraordinary beauty. The Venetian School of Painting In the last century Bottari, having read about it in Vasari, set to work to find it, and at last got into it through the window which looks upon the roof of the Sixtine Chapel. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome And Michelagnolo Buonarroti himself, looking at them in the presence of Giorgio Vasari, said that the hour of death had come upon the art, for nothing better could ever be seen. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi The Florentine citizen, Angelo Doni," Vasari says, "desired to have some work from his hand as he was his friend; wherefore Michelangelo began a circular painting of Our Lady for him. Six Centuries of Painting Vincenza Vasari was not dead: she had only disappeared for a time. Under False Pretences A Novel It was the first of many portraits, and Vasari declares that from that time forth Charles would never sit to any other master. The Venetian School of Painting This picture is at Florence, in the house of Giorgio Vasari, who keeps it in memory of that master, whose caprices have always pleased him. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 04 (of 10), Filippino Lippi to Domenico Puligo In this respect Giuliano may be celebrated as most excellent; and the work, as will be related in the proper place, was finished in five months, with an addition, by Giorgio Vasari of Arezzo. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi Space forbids me to attempt any description of these, but the story of their completion as related by Vasari can hardly be omitted. Six Centuries of Painting "Let Elizabeth Murray keep the property, and do you and the man Vasari go your separate ways." Under False Pretences A Novel Vasari speaks of Paris Bordone as the artist who most successfully imitated Titian. The Venetian School of Painting Mr. Browning wrote to Professor Corson that this was a lost "Last Supper" praised by Vasari. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Vasari writes: "At Chiusuri, near Siena, the principal habitation of the monks of Monte Oliveto, he painted on one side of the cloister eleven scenes of the life and work of S. Benedict." Luca Signorelli Vasari's account of Titian's early years is substantially the same, but unfortunately opens with the statement that he was "born in the year 1480." Six Centuries of Painting "And did Dino Vasari intend you to keep the matter a secret?" Under False Pretences A Novel Bellini agreed to paint “The Deluge and the Ark of Noah” with all its attendant circumstances, but of these, except from Vasari’s descriptions, we can form no idea. The Venetian School of Painting See Vasari's Lives of the Painters for the account of his life on which Browning based his poem. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning "He understood the nude in a more modern way than the masters before him," says Vasari, "and he removed the skin from many corpses to see the anatomy beneath." Luca Signorelli Whoever wishes to know how far art can imitate nature," Vasari writes, "may do so in this head, wherein every detail that could be depicted by the brush has been faithfully reproduced. Six Centuries of Painting No. The real fact was, Elizabeth, that I did not altogether believe Vasari's story. Under False Pretences A Novel “He had rivals in Venice,” says Vasari, “but none that he did not crush by his excellence and knowledge of the world in converse with gentlemen.” The Venetian School of Painting The bare facts of this poem are taken from Vasari's Lives of the Painters. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning In pleasant contrast with Michelangelo's accusation are the glimpses we have of his stately old age, through Vasari. Luca Signorelli Vasari is continually praising his compatriots for painting "like the life." Six Centuries of Painting From what he had seen of Dino Vasari he fancied that it would not be easy to manage him. Under False Pretences A Novel Vasari is very much exercised over Giorgione’s share in these decorations. The Venetian School of Painting The World's Fair recalled to me the story of how Michelangelo carved a figure in snow which, says the chronicler Vasari who saw it, "was superb." McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 Vasari has mistaken the number of the paintings, for there were never more than nine, even supposing the last, of which only a slight fragment remains, to have been by him. Luca Signorelli Doubts having been raised as to the precise spot, a search was made in the Pantheon in 1833, and Raphael's bones were found; the situation agreeing exactly with Vasari's description of the place of interment. Six Centuries of Painting When he comes we shall try to get Dino Vasari back, and have a friendly consultation over the matter. Under False Pretences A Novel These apparently unfinished and certainly unfilled outlines of the Florentine,—clumsy work, as Vasari thought them,—as Mr. Otley and most of our English amateurs still think them,—are these good or bad engraving? Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving This baldacchino was afterwards reconstructed with greater richness, and painted by Giorgio Vasari. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna Both had been badly restored even in Vasari's time. The Story of Paris Vasari is constantly using phrases in which he extols the painter for having made a figure look like the life, as though that were the real thing to be aimed at. Six Centuries of Painting There was a lofty serenity upon Dino Vasari's brow, while guilt and fear and misery were deeply imprinted on Hugo's boyish, beautiful face. Under False Pretences A Novel That he never called himself Cambio's Arnolfo—that nobody else ever called him so, down to Vasari's time, is an infinitely significant fact to you. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving In the translation, however, Vittore, the name given by Vasari, will be kept. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna L. of this is a genuine Giotto, 1312, described by Vasari: St. Francis receiving the Stigmata. The Story of Paris To these first chapters of Vasari, then, we need not hesitate to resort for the main sources of the earlier history of painting. Six Centuries of Painting Dino Vasari a monk, after this lapse from obedience and humility? Under False Pretences A Novel Vasari, however, has shot far ahead in telling us of this picture of the Spring, which is one of Botticelli's completest works. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving Publication of his Lives of the Painters, by Giorgio Vasari. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 Vasari was a contemporary of Michael Angelo and Cellini, and writes in a simple and charming style. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe For once we may go all the way with Vasari, and accept his estimate of him as even moderate in comparison with those of modern writers. Six Centuries of Painting "If you are Brian Luttrell, as Vasari swears you are—swearing it to his own detriment, too, which inclines me to believe that it is true—the Strathleckie estate is yours." Under False Pretences A Novel Not that even Sandro was able, according to Vasari's report, to conduct the entire design himself. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving Vasari said of it that it "rivalled the best work to be found in the Rome of its time." Royal Palaces and Parks of France The greatest of the sources for the lives of the artists is Vasari, Lives of Seventy of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The one easel picture of which Vasari makes any mention, the tondo in the Uffizi, is the only one besides those already noted which is known to exist. Six Centuries of Painting And then there was the question of his love for Elizabeth, of which both Elizabeth herself and Dino Vasari had made Heron aware. Under False Pretences A Novel Vasari's words, "about this time," are evidently wrong. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving For this convent Giorgio Vasari made a most careful model, but it was afterwards altered, nay, reduced to the vilest form, by those who most unworthily had charge of so great a fabric. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 02 (of 10), Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi Vasari's anecdote of the fly painted upon the nose of one of Cimabue's figures might, we think, have been spared, or at least not instanced as proof of study from nature "nobly rewarded." On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature Of the Sebastian, Vasari says very much the same as Reynolds. Six Centuries of Painting It must belong either to Mr. Luttrell or to Mr. Vasari. Under False Pretences A Novel Unpaid work, this engraving of Dante, you perceive,—consuming much time also, and not appearing to Vasari to be work at all. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving Vasari introduces himself sufficiently in his own prefaces and introduction; a translator need concern himself only with the system by which the Italian text can best be rendered in English. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi The picture soon disappeared, and Vasari says that in his time it was no longer in existence, or else was probably at Fontainebleau. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 According to Vasari he visited Spain and painted portraits for the Court of France. Six Centuries of Painting My mother's name was Vincenza Vasari—a woman who lied and cheated for the sake of her child. Under False Pretences A Novel It is but a short sentence, gentlemen,—this, in the old edition of Vasari, and obscurely worded,—a very foolish person's contemptuous report of a thing to him totally incomprehensible. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving Vasari's Introduction on Technique has not been included, because it has no immediate connection with the Lives. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi He gives full credit to the facts as stated by Vasari, and speaks of the difficulties he lay under in obtaining any certain dates, particularly with regard to Venetian matters. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Of modern writers on art Vasari leads the van; theorist, artist, critic, and biographer, in one. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 "If I give up Elizabeth"—he forgot that he had not meant to call her by her Christian name in Dino Vasari's presence—"you will give up your claim to the property?" Under False Pretences A Novel After emerging from the Imperial flood at the last chapter, I fell headlong into Vasari's Lives of the Painters, in nine volumes. A Tramp's Notebook All Vasari's other prefaces and introductions are given in the order in which they are found in the edition of 1568. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi Vasari does not say, in quoting this inscription, that Antonello was the first who painted in oil, but the first who gave splendour, &c. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Poor Vasari, who can never find favour with our author, is considered the great depravator of the style of Michael Angelo. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 The stab, he said, had gone wonderfully near the vital parts; a hair's-breadth deviation to the right or left, and Vasari would have been a dead man. Under False Pretences A Novel The choir is octagonal, enclosed by an Ionic colonnade, and corresponds in shape with the dome above, which is double, one dome within another; the inner one is painted with frescoes by Vasari and Zacchero. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta The very structure of Vasari's sentences has usually been retained, though some freedom was necessary in the matter of the punctuation, which is generally bewildering. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi But Vasari was not particularly copious in details as to Ercole Ferrarese, and the particulars he did give which impressed Mary were just those most calculated to annoy her father. The Ffolliots of Redmarley It was thought by Vasari, that in his "Judgment," Michael Angelo had imitated him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 He felt doubly vexed at his own carelessness as he thought of this possibility, and resolved to go to the hospital and see whether the man who had been wounded was Dino Vasari or not. Under False Pretences A Novel There, during a stay of several months, he discussed with the Grand Duke of Tuscany a reprinting of Vasari’s Lives of the Painters. John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut In Mrs. Foster's familiar English paraphrase—for a paraphrase it is rather than a translation—all Vasari's liveliness evaporates, even where his meaning is not blurred or misunderstood. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi Mary, in the hope of making herself a more congenial companion to her father, even went as far as to look up "Ercole" in Vasari's Lives. The Ffolliots of Redmarley He painted so many pictures for the houses of Florentine citizens, that "I was often astonished," writes Vasari, "how one man alone could, even in many years, do so much and so well." Fra Angelico Ever since I was a little child, it was hinted to me that I had English parents, that I did not belong to the Vasari family. Under False Pretences A Novel It is stated that the knight Gaddi sold five volumes of drawings to some merchants for several thousands of scudi, which composed Vasari's famous book, so often referred to by h m. The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8) Throughout the earlier Lives Vasari seems to be feeling his way. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi Vasari, who saw him in 1566 for the last time, said he "could no longer recognize Titian in Titian." Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) This delightful work, which roused the admiration of Vasari, contains not less than 266 figures and may justly be considered as one of the gems of the collection. Fra Angelico If he had lived, you would never have heard of Vincenza Vasari's dishonesty. Under False Pretences A Novel According to Vasari, the organ and other musical instruments in this picture were painted by one of the master's pupils, Giovanni da Udine. Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians The principal chapel generally contains the choir, but not always, and when Vasari wants to say "choir" he uses the word "coro." Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi According to Vasari, Titian, when he was first recommended to the notice of the Emperor by Pietro Aretino, was in deep poverty, though his name was then known all over Italy. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) And what more can or ought to be desired, than by thus living righteously," says Vasari, "to secure the kingdom of heaven, and by labouring virtuously, to obtain everlasting fame in this world? Fra Angelico Well," said Hugo, "I must confess, Mr. Vasari, that I do not understand you. Under False Pretences A Novel In the castle of S. Angelo," says Vasari, "he painted many of the rooms a grotesche; but in the tower below, in the garden, he depicted scenes from the life of Alexander VI. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day As used by Vasari, it may be taken to denote about 23 inches. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi Vasari, the first writer on Italian art, awards the invention to Giovanni da Bruggia, and gives an account of its first introduction into Italy by Antonello da Messina, as we shall presently see. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) But Vasari was not born till 1512, and he 20 neglected to state where he got his information. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera He was perfectly ignorant of the fact of which Father Cristoforo's letter would have informed him, that this possible Italian claimant was no other than his friend, Dino Vasari. Under False Pretences A Novel The romantic, scandalous life, including his slavery in Barbary, attributed to him by Vasari, the great biographer of the early Italian painters, has received no corroboration from modern researches. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Vasari generally uses it to denote the Cathedral. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi The whitewash was removed by the painter Marini, at the instance of Signor Bezzi and others, and the portrait discovered in the "Gloria" described by Vasari. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Leaving D'Ancona, Vasari and the others in their confusion of dates, we find ourselves provided with a satisfactory point of departure and with some facts well defined. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera It flashed across his mind that he would go to the hospital and inquire after the man who had been stabbed, and who called himself Vasari. Under False Pretences A Novel Vasari wrote Raffaello; he himself wrote Raphael on his pictures, and has signed the only autograph letter we have of his, Raphaello.' The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Vasari on Technique" as follows: "A wall is covered with a layer of tinted plaster, and on this is superimposed a thin coating of white plaster. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi Vasari says that Buffalmacco was invited to Pisa, where he painted many pictures in the Abbey of St. Paul, on the banks of the Arno, which then belonged to the monks of Vallambrosa. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) This work was received by artists with enthusiasm, reflected in the pages of Vasari. Michael Angelo Buonarroti "Vasari—was there a Christian name given as well?" Under False Pretences A Novel The Blashfield Vasari enumerates a long list of them in the Bibliography preceding the "Life of Raphael." Raphael A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation Contains sketches of eighteen Italian painters from Giotto to Paul Veronese, based on Vasari, and attractively written. A Mother's List of Books for Children Vasari places his birth in 1396-7, and his death in 1479, but later writers have proved his dates to be altogether erroneous. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Vasari's word rinettato had a much wider meaning to him than it has to us, the chasing of a bronze was considered no small part of its quality by the Florentines. Michael Angelo Buonarroti Oh, Mr. Vasari," he said, naively, "don't let us part on these unfriendly terms. Under False Pretences A Novel The art of Correggio was very justly summed up by his first biographer, Vasari. Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation Vasari ascribes them to the father; but we know that he completed his pulpit at Pisa in 1230, and his death is supposed to have taken place fifteen years before the foundation of the cathedral. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Vasari goes on to say, that this passion at length induced his father, already persuaded that he had the genius to become a great painter, to place Giovanni under the instruction of these Greek artists. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Nevertheless, we gather from what Vasari says in his second edition that he somewhat resented the appearance of this new biographer. Michael Angelo Buonarroti I think I could prevent Dino Vasari from ever setting foot in Scotland. Under False Pretences A Novel The first biographer of Correggio was Vasari, in whose "Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects" is included a brief account of this painter. Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation "Whoever would know how Christ transfigured and made divine should be painted, must look," says Vasari, on Raphael's canvases. The Age of the Reformation "Nay," says Vasari, "the story becoming known through the city, produced such an effect that neither Tafi, nor any other painter dared for a long time to work at night." Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Vasari also states that the work for the Moscheroni, Merchants of Bruges, was a bronze, but both accounts were written fifty years after the event. Michael Angelo Buonarroti Dino Vasari was the name by which he had been known; but I think that you never learnt his surname. Under False Pretences A Novel The old biographer Vasari made many efforts to procure a portrait, and concluded that "he never took it himself, nor ever had it taken by others, seeing that he lived much in retirement." Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation Vasari found the "smile so pleasing that it was a thing more divine than human to behold"; Ruskin thought it archaic, Müntz "sad and disillusioned," Berenson supercilious, and Freud neurotic. The Age of the Reformation He was the grandson and disciple of Giotto, whom, according to Vasari, he greatly excelled in every department of art. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Michael Angelo, riding over the new bridge one day with Vasari, cried out: "Giorgio, the bridge shakes beneath us; let us spur on before it gives way with us upon it." Michael Angelo Buonarroti "Mr. Vasari?" he said, interrogatively, as a downcast-looking woman came to the door. Under False Pretences A Novel Lacking an authentic portrait of the man Correggio, we have to content ourselves with the short account of his character given by Vasari. Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation Giotto made not only the design, but even, Vasari assures us, worked at the groups and "bassi-relievi" of these "stories in marble, in which are depicted the beginning of all the arts." Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) This urn, or funeral vase, according to the Florentine editors of Vasari, is still in the Cathedral of Cortona. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) Vasari tells us that Tiberio Calcagni, "of gentle manners and discreet behaviour," not only copied this design, but also made a model in clay under the master's supervision. Michael Angelo Buonarroti "I see," he said at last, with a questioning look; "you mean that you are not convinced that he is the son of Vincenza Vasari?" Under False Pretences A Novel Described by Vasari as the property of the Ercolani family of Bologna. Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation He was, as Vasari insinuates, small, puny, and ugly, but full of dauntless and daring energy as well as genius. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) Among other works," says Vasari, "Donato received an order for a crucifix in wood, for the church of Santa Croce at Florence, on which he bestowed extraordinary labor. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) Vasari, observing all this, and wishing to do the revered artist a kindness, sent him 40 lbs. of candles made of goat's fat, knowing that they gutter less than ordinary dips of tallow. Michael Angelo Buonarroti "But if we have proof——" "Mr. Vasari, you cannot imagine that my cousin will give up his rights without a struggle?" Under False Pretences A Novel I believe, however, that Vasari is most probably accurate in his first main statement; and that his errors, always numerous, are in the subsequent and minor particulars. Giotto and his works in Padua An Explanatory Notice of the Series of Woodcuts Executed for the Arundel Society After the Frescoes in the Arena Chapel Opposite the front entrance is the high altar, while all around the walls and between the side altars—erected in 1557 by Vasari by order of Cosimo I.—are the monuments of the illustrious dead. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) Vasari says that when the prints of Durer were first brought into Italy, they incited the painters there to elevate themselves in that branch of art, and to make his works their models. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) Meanwhile, Vasari turned his attention to one of the legs of the Christ, which Michael Angelo had been altering. Michael Angelo Buonarroti If you object to retaining the name of Luttrell, why not adopt Vasari? Under False Pretences A Novel But neither do Vasari's words bear this construction, nor would the drawing so made have borne the slightest testimony to Giotto's power. Giotto and his works in Padua An Explanatory Notice of the Series of Woodcuts Executed for the Arundel Society After the Frescoes in the Arena Chapel His grave was opened in 1833, and the remains found to be lying in the spot which Vasari had pointed out. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) In fact, to quote the enthusiastic Vasari, "he executed everything that is most beautiful, and which can be performed in that art more perfectly than any other master had ever done." Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Condivi asserts, and Vasari follows him, that the part uncovered in November 1509, was the first half of the whole vault, beginning at the large door of entrance and ending in the middle. Michael Angelo Buonarroti You are rivals, certainly; you might be enemies; and, just because that cause of rivalry and enmity subsists, Dino Vasari loves you with his whole soul. Under False Pretences A Novel Vasari, in his notice of one of Giotto's Annunciations, praises him for having justly rendered the fear of the Virgin at the address of the Angel. Giotto and his works in Padua An Explanatory Notice of the Series of Woodcuts Executed for the Arundel Society After the Frescoes in the Arena Chapel Brunelleschi, according to Vasari, made this a period of very severe study. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) Vasari says that he "took a wife in France and became the father of children, but they were so entirely dissimilar to himself, that he had but little satisfaction from them." Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Vasari wrote to Michael Angelo describing the festivities at the christening. Michael Angelo Buonarroti Now that Vincenza Vasari's evidence has been obtained, it is thought well that he should make the story public, and try to get his position acknowledged. Under False Pretences A Novel Vasari says he sang his songs, playing his own accompaniment on a flute, but I think this is a mistake. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters On such a problem as this the affirmative statement of Vasari is lightly disregarded. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Vasari tells of an ingenious piece of work by Matteo, where he has carved a chalcedony into a head of Dejanira, with the skin of the lion about it. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance The letters to Vasari are full of a courtly friendship and regard; they are very pleasant reading. Michael Angelo Buonarroti Browning has taken his facts from Vasari, and he has taken them quite literally. An Introduction to the Study of Browning Vasari, who among his many other accomplishments seems to have been the Boswell of his time, compares Leonardo and Michelangelo. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters According to Vasari, the Bronze David was made for Cosimo before the exile of the Medici, and consequently previous to Donatello's second journey to Rome. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Page 90 Vasari reserves his highest commendation for Casati, called "el Greco," "by whom every other artist is surpassed in the grace and perfection as well as in the universality of his productions." Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Vasari says that Michael Angelo asked seventy ducats for the work, but that Doni only offered forty when the picture was delivered. Michael Angelo Buonarroti To the future English Vasari he will be a real gold-mine. Masques & Phases It is to be regretted that Signor Vasari did not follow up his remarks with his definition of the term "gentleman." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters In the first edition of the Lives, Vasari calls Ghiberti a painter. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres As Vasari says: "This he did that the colors might not sink through, showing the tint of the cloth on each side." Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Vasari says that it represents Venus surrounded by the Graces, but if we find the three Graces in the picture, it is not likely that the principal figure represents Venus. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Let us now read what a painter who lived in the sixteenth century, Vasari by name, wrote about the rise of painting in his native city. The Book of Art for Young People "And," says the veracious Vasari, "they were done just as well, if not better than Giorgione himself could have done them, had he been alive!" Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Vasari had to enliven his biographies by anecdotes, and their authenticity was not always without reproach. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres The translucent enamels on relief were made a great deal by the Italian goldsmiths; Vasari alludes to this class of work as "a species of painting united with sculpture." Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Piero's peculiarities are well known to all readers of George Eliot's Romola, where everything told us about him by Vasari is carefully worked up. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Another story is told by Vasari of a picture by Cimabue, which tradition asserts to be the great Madonna, still in the Church of Santa Maria Novella at Florence. The Book of Art for Young People Vasari says by means of it he became known to Cosimo. Men and Women |
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