Vasari

American  

[vuh-zahr-ee, -sahr-ee, vah-zah-ree] / vəˈzɑr i, -ˈsɑr i, vɑˈzɑ ri /

noun

1. Giorgio 1511–74, Italian painter, architect, and art historian.

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Vasari British  

/ vaˈzaːri, vəˈsɑːrɪ /

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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Example Sentences

The meeting occurred when Michelangelo paid the Venetian a courtesy visit in his rooms at the Belvedere Palace in the company of Giorgio Vasari, the celebrated biographer, and saw “Danaë.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

In the letter, Vasari disclosed the painter's fees as well as commenting on the progress of his works.

From Reuters • Jun. 29, 2023

It was instantly hailed as a masterpiece, with Renaissance artist Giorgio Vasari saying the David "surpassed" any statue that had ever existed before.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2023

This is why scholars are puzzling over the life of the Jewish painter Jona Ostiglio, a card-carrying member of a prestigious academy founded by the famed artist Giorgio Vasari.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022

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 "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg