1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: This Day in History Class. It's a production of I 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hey, I'm Eves, and Welcome to This Day 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: in History Class, a show that uncovers history one day 4 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: at a time. Today is July thirty, nineteen. The day 5 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: was July eleven. Georgio Vasari was born in Ares, Italy. 6 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: He would go on to become a painter, architect, and writer, 7 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: and his work would form the foundation for modern art 8 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: historiography and the prototype for artists biographies. When he was 9 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: a boy but Sorry studied under the artists Guillaume Dumasier 10 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: and Luca senor Relli. After he moved to Florence in 11 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: the fift twenties, he began a prenticing under Andrea del 12 00:00:55,800 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: Sarto and Bacco Bandinelli. Vasari said that Michelangelo also taught him, 13 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: but it's not clear whether that's true. Regardless, the two 14 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: artists knew each other, and Michelangelo had a huge influence 15 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 1: on Vciety's work. Vaciety painted in the Mannerist style, an 16 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: artistic style that emphasized artificiality over realistic depiction. Mannerist works 17 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: can seem kind of unsettling, but that's characteristic of the style. 18 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 1: As an artist. He is perhaps best known for his 19 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: allegorical frescos and the Palazzo Vecchio, done for Duke Cosimo 20 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: the First. He also painted frescos in the dome of 21 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: the Florence Cathedral, but Vciety is better known for his 22 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: work as an architect. His patronage was drawn largely from 23 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: the House of Medici. He renovated the church's Santa Maria 24 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: Novella and Santa Croce, and he celebrated for the Ufizi, 25 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: a building in Florence that was originally built to house 26 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: the civic offices, gills and medic court artists. In fifteen 27 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 1: sixty four, Vsieti also built the Vciety Corridor, a passage 28 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: that connects the Ufizi with the Palazzo pet But his 29 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: writing is what he's best remembered for. In fifteen fifty 30 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: his book Lives of the most Imminent Painters, Sculptors and 31 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:26,239 Speaker 1: Architects was published, and enlarged and revised edition was published 32 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: in fifteen sixty eight. Both editions were successful. The book 33 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: was composed as a series of artists biographies, and it 34 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: charted the evolution of Italian art, including people like Giotto 35 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: and Michelangelo. The biographies were not completely historically accurate, though, 36 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: and they contained some unlikely anecdotes. The most reliable biographies 37 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: were those of society's contemporaries and the preceding generation. Still, 38 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: the book was instrumental in the emergence of art history 39 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: as a modern sky early discipline. It remains a valuable 40 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: text on the theory, practice, techniques, and criticism of art. 41 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: The book traces the development of art through classical antiquity, 42 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 1: the Dark Ages, and the Renaissance. In the second edition, 43 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: Vsati spent a little more time on non Florentine and 44 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: even non Italian artists. Some of the most notable changes 45 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: from the first to the second edition were the additions 46 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: to the life of Nicelangelo, who had died in fifteen 47 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 1: six before. Because of this book, Vsati has been called 48 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: the first art historian. Vasari was financially well off too. 49 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: He built a house and narrates so and he helped 50 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: found the Florence Academy and Company of the Arts of 51 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: Drawing with the help of Cosimo the First. I'm Eaves 52 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: Jeff Coote, and hopefully you know a little more about 53 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: history today than you did yesterday. You can follow us 54 00:03:56,040 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: on Twitter Instagram and Facebook at t d I h 55 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: C podcast, and if you'd like to learn more about Vesati, 56 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: you can listen to the episode of Stuff You Missed 57 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: in History Class called Georgio Vesati. Thanks again for listening, 58 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: and we'll see you tomorrow. For more podcasts from I 59 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,799 Speaker 1: Heart Radio, visit the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, 60 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.