Estimated, hatde and loved: Giorgio Vasari, the ‘thousand lives’ and the wedding planner
In the margin of a copy of “The Lives … by Giorgio Vasari”, an unsigned note was found: “Cheeky, presumptuous, evil beast, ignorant, envious, liar …” and other perhaps worse offenses. It is said that they were written by Annibale Carracci (Bolognese painter), Vasari’s archenemy… Although he was never an excellent artist, Giorgio Vasari had…