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 19th-century idea of the Renaissance itself originates in rinascita, an Italian term often credited to the 16th-century art historian Giorgio Vasari.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

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

When he saw Vasari watching, “Michelangelo let the lantern drop from his hand, leaving them in the dark,” to prevent Vasari from seeing it.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2021

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