Editing Giorgio Vasari (section)

==Life==
Vasari was born prematurely on 30 July 1511 in [[Arezzo]], [[Tuscany]].<ref name=gaunt>Gaunt, W. (ed.) (1962) ''Everyman's dictionary of pictorial art. Volume II.'' London: Dent, p. 328. {{ISBN|0-460-03006-X}}</ref> Recommended at an early age by his cousin [[Luca Signorelli]], he became a pupil of [[Guglielmo da Marsiglia]], a skillful painter of [[stained glass]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.travelingintuscany.com/art/giorgiovasari.htm|title=Art in Tuscany {{!}} Giorgio Vasari and Italian Renaissance painting {{!}} Podere Santa Pia, Holiday house in the south of Tuscany|website=www.travelingintuscany.com|access-date=1 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|wstitle=Vasari, Giorgio|volume=27|inline=1}}</ref> Sent to [[Florence]] at the age of sixteen by Cardinal [[Silvio Passerini]], he joined the circle of [[Andrea del Sarto]] and his pupils, [[Rosso Fiorentino]] and [[Jacopo Pontormo]], where his humanist education was encouraged. He was befriended by [[Michelangelo]], whose painting style would influence his own. Vasari enjoyed high repute during his lifetime and amassed a considerable fortune. He married Niccolosa Bacci, a member of one of the richest and most prominent families of Arezzo. He was made [[Order of the Golden Spur|Knight of the Golden Spur]] by the Pope. He was elected to the municipal council of his native town and finally, rose to the supreme office of [[gonfalonier]]e.<ref name="EB1911" />

Vasari built a fine house in Arezzo in 1547 and decorated its walls and vaults with paintings. It is now a museum in his honour named the [[Casa Vasari, Arezzo|Casa Vasari]], whilst his [[Casa Vasari, Florence|residence in Florence]] is also preserved.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} In 1563, he helped found the Florentine [[Accademia delle Arti del Disegno|''Accademia e Compagnia delle Arti del Disegno'']], with Grand Duke [[Cosimo I de' Medici]] and [[Michelangelo]] as ''capi'' of the institution. Thirty-six artists were chosen as members.<ref>[[Gauvin Alexander Bailey]], 'Santi di Tito and the Florentine Academy: Solomon Building the Temple in the Capitolo of the Accademia del Disegno (1570–71)', Apollo CLV, 480 (February 2002): pp. 31–39.</ref> He died on 27 June 1574 in [[Florence]], [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]], aged 62.<ref name="gaunt" />