Giorgio Vasari (Dictionary of World Biography: The Renaissance)
Early Life
Giorgio Vasari, from ancient Arezzo, a hill town dating from Etruscan times and rich in mementos of the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance, was born into a family numbering several local artists among its antecedents. His father, Antonio, a tradesman, compensated for his own lack of creativity and financial success by maintaining close contact with men of consequence within the Church and in artistic circles and was particularly proud of his kinship with Luca Signorelli, a major figure in mid-Renaissance art, who provided the young Vasari with his first lessons...
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