Vasari's Self Portrait
on loan from the Uffizi gallery
Circa 1568
April 24 Tuesday
One more acquisition and a real feather in my Cap! This iconic self portrait of Vasari will be perfect for my exhibit. He was the man who started art history by recording the lives of the masters. The rest of the painters are his picks. This is the man from which our exhibit circles. Here are some more facts :
1. He dedicated his art history book to Cosimo de’Medici
2. He was responsible for the coining the terms Gothic and Renaissance (rinaseita).
3. His book includes a section on technical issues; making the paint, brushes, charcoal etc.
4. He tells a funny story about young Giotto in 1280AD painting a fly on the surface of a painting his teacher Cimabue that was so realistic his teacher tried to shoo it off.
5. And he was the architect of the courtyard called the Piazza della Signoria which is next to the famous Uffizi Gallery.
I for one am booking a flight to Florence this summer. I can’t stay away a minute longer! Izzy 2018
One more acquisition and a real feather in my Cap! This iconic self portrait of Vasari will be perfect for my exhibit. He was the man who started art history by recording the lives of the masters. The rest of the painters are his picks. This is the man from which our exhibit circles. Here are some more facts :
1. He dedicated his art history book to Cosimo de’Medici
2. He was responsible for the coining the terms Gothic and Renaissance (rinaseita).
3. His book includes a section on technical issues; making the paint, brushes, charcoal etc.
4. He tells a funny story about young Giotto in 1280AD painting a fly on the surface of a painting his teacher Cimabue that was so realistic his teacher tried to shoo it off.
5. And he was the architect of the courtyard called the Piazza della Signoria which is next to the famous Uffizi Gallery.
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