Vasari

[ vuh-zahr-ee, -sahr-ee; Italian vah-zah-ree ]

noun
  1. Gior·gio [jawr-jaw], /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/, 1511–74, Italian painter, architect, and art historian.

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  • Vasari, George, claims the invention of chiaro-scuro engraving for Ugo da Cai, 230.

  • The list of good artists and bad artists who have been masters of words, from Vasari and earlier onwards, is long.

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British Dictionary definitions for Vasari

Vasari

/ (vəˈsɑːrɪ, Italian vaˈzaːri) /


noun
  1. Giorgio (ˈdʒordʒo). 1511–74, Italian architect, painter, and art historian, noted for his Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Architects, Painters, and Sculptors (1550; 1568), a principal source for the history of Italian Renaissance art

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