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A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate for more than ...

All about the Vernaccia grape in San Gimignano, Tuscany, and its potential to make elegant white wines now that a new ...

According to Giorgio Vasari, whose “Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects” (first published in 1550) established the genre of artistic biography, Parmigianino painted ...

The story, told by Giorgio Vasari in his “Lives of the Painters”, has for centuries been the standard account of the origins of the Renaissance, cementing Cimabue’s role as a transitional ...

space was designed for the ruling Medici dynasty in 1565 by artist and architect Giorgio Vasari. The trail — built in just five months for Cosimo I de’ Medici — connects Florence’s three ...

Tom Conti stars as Medici court artist Giorgio Vasari in a story of pride, love and legacy combined with an epic journey through the art of the Renaissance. Written by Eileen Horne.

Designed in 1565 by Giorgio Vasari, the corridor spans 750 meters (2,460 feet), linking Florence’s key landmarks: the Palazzo Vecchio, the Uffizi Galleries, and the Palazzo Pitti. Built in just ...

In the 1530s, Italian architect and historian Giorgio Vasari was the first to use the word to describe medieval art, as a synonym for 'barbaric'. When the fashion for building in a neoclassical ...