The Father of Art History - The American Scholar (2024)

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Giorgio Vasari has been variously called the father of art history, the inventor of artistic biography, and the author of “the Bible of the Italian Renaissance”—a little book called The Lives of the Artists.

Considered the first art historian and often referred to as the “father of art history”; architect and painter. Vasari was the son of Antonio Vasari (d. 1527), a potter [Vasari = “maker of vases”], and Maddelena Tacci (d. 1558).

On Father's Day, us art historians should remember the painter, architect and biographer Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574). Why?

The Father of Art History: Giorgio Vasari.

Benjamin West is a renowned artist and esteemed painter hailing from Springfield, Pennsylvania. He was born on October 10, 1738 and is known affectionately as the Father of American Painting, or the Raphael of America.

Frank Duveneck: Father of American Art.

Cezanne is now known as a Post-Impressionist and called 'the father of modern art' because he showed how free art could really be. He encouraged artists to explore colour, shape and space without needing to make sense in a traditional, realistic way.

Born in 1511, Giorgio Vasari was an Italian architect, painter, and biographer. He is often called “the first art historian.” His book, Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, documents the lives of Renaissance artists such as Cimabue, Giotto, and Michelangelo.

Have you heard of Giorgio Vasari? He was an Italian painter, architect, writer, and historian. But, most importantly he is famous for one particular written work called “Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects.” He is considered the “father” of art history.

Who is the father of all the arts? ›

Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci, is the father of arts.

Jacob Burckhardt (1818–1897), one of the founders of art history, noted that Winckelmann was 'the first to distinguish between the periods of ancient art and to link the history of style with world history'.

Answer and Explanation: Giotto di Bondone is considered the father of Renaissaince art. Giotto was born in the city-state of Florence in 1267 C.E. He was a successful painter and architect during the late Middle Ages.

Giorgio Vasari has been variously called the father of art history, the inventor of artistic biography, and the author of “the Bible of the Italian Renaissance”—a little book called The Lives of the Artists.

The paintings convey Cézanne's intense study of his subjects. Both Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso are said to have remarked that Cézanne "is the father of us all". His painting provoked incomprehension and ridicule in contemporary art criticism.

image: Patterns on the wall in the caves of La Roche-Cotard. Recent research has shown that engravings in a cave in La Roche-Cotard (France), which has been sealed for thousands of years, were actually made by Neanderthals.