Giorgio Vasari

Japanese: バザーリ - ばざーり(英語表記)Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari

Italian painter, architect, and writer. Born in Arezzo, he died in Florence. He first learned drawing from his grandfather's cousin Luca Signorelli, and in 1524 he went to Florence to study under the painter Andrea del Sarto and the sculptor Baccio Bandinelli. During this time he had the opportunity to come into contact with Michelangelo, whom he idolized throughout his life. As a member of the Medici family, the sovereigns of Florence, he painted portraits of Alessandro and Lorenzo (both in 1534, Uffizi Gallery). In 1555, at the request of Cosimo, he painted the murals in Palazzo Vecchio, and made major changes to the interior. His most famous work as an architect is the current building of the Uffizi Gallery. Prior to that, beginning in 1946, he had traveled all over Italy, collecting a vast amount of material on artists from the 13th century onwards, and wrote the famous "Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti italiani" (Live Lives of Artists) in 1950. The version published today is based on the revised edition from 1968, but it remains an extremely valuable document for researchers of art history.

[Katsuya Hamatani]

"Biographies of Renaissance Artists" by Vasari, translated by Sukehiro Hirakawa, Toshiji Kotani, et al. (1982, Hakusuisha) "Biographies of Renaissance Sculptors and Architects" by Vasari, translated and supervised by Yoshiyuki Morita (1989, Hakusuisha)

[References] | Sarto | Signorelli | Medici family

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イタリアの画家、建築家、著述家。アレッツォに生まれ、フィレンツェに没。初め祖父の従兄弟(いとこ)にあたるルカ・シニョレッリに素描の手ほどきを受け、1524年フィレンツェに出て、画家アンドレア・デル・サルトや彫刻家バッチオ・バンディネッリに師事した。この時期ミケランジェロと接触する機会があり、生涯を通じて彼を偶像視するようになった。フィレンツェの主権者メディチ家の知遇を受けて、同家のアレッサンドロやロレンツォの肖像画(ともに1534・ウフィツィ美術館)を描いている。55年には同家のコジモの要請を受け、パラッツォ・ベッキオの壁画を描くなど、内装を大幅に改めた。建築家としての代表作は現在のウフィツィ美術館の建物である。それより以前の46年から彼はイタリア国内をくまなく遍歴し、13世紀以降の美術家に関する膨大な資料を集めて、50年に有名な『美術家列伝』Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti italianiを著した。今日刊行されているのは68年の改訂版をもとにしているが、美術史の研究者にとってはきわめて貴重な文献である。

[濱谷勝也]

『ヴァザーリ著、平川祐弘・小谷年司他訳『ルネサンス画人伝』(1982・白水社)』『ヴァザーリ著、森田義之監訳『ルネサンス彫刻家建築家列伝』(1989・白水社)』

[参照項目] | サルト | シニョレッリ | メディチ家

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