Leonardi narrates the human and professional events of this famous artist, which are closely linked to his city. Mannerist painter, he was able to distinguish himself and establish himself among the most esteemed intellectuals of his time thanks to his many talents. He was in fact a set designer, an architect, and above all the father of the history of modern art, thanks to the edition of the “lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors and architects” or more simply “the Lives”.
The program traces Vasari’s career, which took him to the most illustrious courts in Italy, such as Florence, Venice, and Rome. Noand the places that were dear to the artist and that influenced his training, such as the city’s Cathedral, where little Vasari took his first steps in his artistic career, in the workshop of the Frenchman de Guillaume de Marcillat. His high architectural genius exploded in the fertile partnership with Cosimo I de Medici, which also led to the creation of Vasari’s Aqueduct. Cameras at the Casa Vasari Museum. Palazzo delle Logge in Piazza Grande, but also his more personal works such as his funerary monument in the Badia delle SS. Flora and Lucilla.
