(1511–74), Italian painter, architect, and biographer. His Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (1550, enlarged 1568) laid the basis for later study of art history in the West.
Definition of Vasari, Giorgio in US English:
Vasari, Giorgio
proper nounvəˈsärē
(1511–74), Italian painter, architect, and biographer. His Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (1550, enlarged 1568) formed the basis for the later study of art history in the West.