Vasari
Renaissance art historian
Giorgio Vasari was a sixteenth-century Italian painter, architect, and writer, best known for *Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects*—the foundational text of art history.
His biographical accounts of Renaissance artists from Cimabue to Michelangelo established the framework through which Western art history has been understood ever since.
Vasari coined the term *rinascita* (rebirth), giving the Renaissance its name.
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- frescoesPaintings on fresh plaster
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- FlorenceTuscan capital city
Medici · classicism · antiquity · revival · mannerism · quattrocento · bottega · maestro
Florentine art museum
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
- loggiaRoofed open-air gallery
- courtyardEnclosed open-air space
- renovationRestoring to good condition
design · tomb · facade · ducal · Florentine · construction · commission
One who applies pigment
- architectBuilding design professional
- frescoesPaintings on fresh plaster
- Last JudgmentGod's final verdict on humanity
- cupolaSmall rooftop dome
murals · altarpiece · decoration · corridor · self-portrait · draftsmanship · compositions · mannerist
Brief account of incident
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- narrativeAccount of events
- portraitureArt of depicting people
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
legacy · artists · documentation · account · memoir · profile · depiction · recollection
Written life account
- criticismJudgment of faults
- anecdoteBrief account of incident
- historiographyStudy of history-writing
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
canon · reputation · judgments · praise · narrative · documentation · influence · terminology
humanism
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- frescoesPaintings on fresh plaster
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
Florence · Medici · classicism · antiquity · revival · mannerism · quattrocento · bottega · maestro · guild
Uffizi
Florentine art museum
renovation · design · tomb · facade · ducal · Florentine · construction · commission
painter
One who applies pigment
- architectBuilding design professional
- frescoesPaintings on fresh plaster
- Last JudgmentGod's final verdict on humanity
cupola · murals · altarpiece · decoration · corridor · self-portrait · draftsmanship · compositions · mannerist · illusionism
anecdote
Brief account of incident
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- narrativeAccount of events
- portraitureArt of depicting people
manuscript · legacy · artists · documentation · account · memoir · profile · depiction · recollection · testimony
biography
Written life account
- criticismJudgment of faults
- anecdoteBrief account of incident
- historiographyStudy of history-writing
attribution · canon · reputation · judgments · praise · narrative · documentation · influence · terminology · periodization
- FlorenceArno, Medici, Renaissance, Michelangelo, David
- Florentine ArtUffizi, Uffizi Gallery, Botticelli, Michelangelo, David statue
- Italian RenaissanceAriosto, quattrocento, humanism, Petrarch, Machiavelli
- Medici ArtBotticelli, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, family crests
- Renaissance FlorenceMedici, Florence, Medici family, Donatello, Florentine Republic
- Renaissance ItaliansLeonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Raphael, Michelangelo, Machiavelli
VasariMichelangelo
Florentine sculptor and painter
Leonardo da Vinci · Raphael · Brunelleschi · Donatello · Giotto