

The development of human faces due to the artist studying the subject rather than copying or imitating some else’s work is shown as time passed the sculptures and paintings on angels became a common topic between these artists. Michelangelo Michelangelo, The Last Judgement, 1536-1541. Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci, Vitruvian Man, 1490.

The book is an example for later and contemporary art historians and biographers as well as how the Italian Renaissance is portrayed and early artists from that time.Īndrea Del Verrocchio The Baptism of Christ, 1474-1475, Verrocchio and Leonardo.įilippo Brunelleschi Educators as God’s Shepherds, 1481-1482, Brunelleschi. This book is considered to be influential to the Renaissance era and is still looked at it that way today. The first edition was written and published in 1550 and was rewritten in 1568. In the first edition Venetian art was left out and the second edition of the book it was included with a biased view from the writer, Vasari. The book editions are important pieces of information on the Renaissance in Italy, despite being written with biases and “carelessly”. His murals can be seen at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. He was the architect for the Uffizi in Florence and the church, monastery, and palace created for the Cavalieri di San Stefano in Pisa. He was an architect, painter, and writer. The book included many valuable technical methods associated with arts now and then. Giorgio Vasari was born in Arezzo, Italy on July 30, 1511. The lives of artists was considered to be the Renaissance’s most influential writings and the first art history book. Giorgio Vasari is an Italian painter, architect and writer best known for biographies of Italian Renaissance artists.
