Giorgio Vasari's Life

Giorgio Vasari was born on 30^th July 1511 in Arezzo. His family were potters and this is the reason for their surname. 

When Giorgio was 13 years old he went to Michelangelo's workshop in Florence. A short time later he had to come back to Arezzo to live with his family because his father had died from the plague. 

In 1550 he was renowned in Florence. In fact he was called by Cosmo I to work there building the Uffizi Palace. This building became the new administrative centre of the State, but nowdays it's a museum with many famous pictures and sculptures... 

During his life he travelled so much, therefore he knew and visited Naples, Verona, Mantua and Rome where he wrote a book: "vite dei più eccellent architetti, pittori, scrittori e scultori " . 

In 1541 he bought a house in Arezzo, in Via XX Settembre in Borgo S.Vito, which he himself restored and refurbished. Five years later they moved to Florence. 

After Vasari’s death the house was passed to his heirs and finally it in 1911 it became propriety of the State .