Giorgio Vasari

By the infinite flood of evils which had laid prostrate and submerged poor Italy there had not only been ruined everything that could truly claim the name of building, but ...

It is an extraordinary thing that in all those arts and all those exercises wherein at any time ...

This article contains the original's spellings. Continued from part two… The Florentine colony had often talked among themselves ...

This article contains original spellings. Continued from part one... At this time he sent his disciple Pietro Urbano ...

Those interested in Renaissance art will soon become familiar with the name Giorgio Vasari, Florentine architect, artist, and ...

While the most noble and industrious spirits were striving, by the light of the famous Giotto and of ...

In the 17th century, Roman painters constantly influenced each other's work. Through friendly competitions or rivalries, they observed ...

Near the territory of Prato, which is ten miles distant from Florence, in a village called Savignano, was ...

How bountiful and benign Heaven sometimes shows itself in showering upon one single person the infinite riches of ...

The greatest gifts are often seen, in the course of nature, rained by celestial influences on human creatures; ...

At length, after the Lives of many craftsmen who have been excellent, some in colouring, some in drawing, ...

At the same time with the elder Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent, which was truly a golden age ...

Two “noble, imposing” apostles by Domenico Beccafumi first introduced Naoko Takahatake, the curator of prints and drawings at ...

On the Brink of Death Now hath my life across a stormy sea Like a frail bark reached ...

Some of the rarest prints of the Italian Renaissance have come together for a comprehensive American show. “The ...