Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) - Fresco Projects

Giorgio Vasari
Elders of the Apocalypse
1572-74
dome fresco
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence

Giorgio Vasari
Elders of the Apocalypse (detail)
1572-74
dome fresco
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence

Giorgio Vasari
Elders of the Apocalypse (detail)
1572-74
dome fresco
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence

Giorgio Vasari
Elders of the Apocalypse (detail)
1572-74
dome fresco
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence

Giorgio Vasari
Elders of the Apocalypse (detail)
1572-74
dome fresco
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence

Giorgio Vasari
Elders of the Apocalypse (detail)
1572-74
dome fresco
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence

The final project of Vasari's life was to fresco the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence [above].  He died at age 62 with the work near completion.

Giorgio Vasari
St Luke painting the Virgin (detail)
(Allegory of Painting)
1570
fresco
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Giorgio Vasari
St Luke painting the Virgin (detail)
(Allegory of Painting)
1570
fresco
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Giorgio Vasari
St Luke painting the Virgin (detail)
(Allegory of Painting)
1570
fresco
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Giorgio Vasari
Pope Gregory XI returns to Rome from Avignon
ca. 1572-73
fresco
Sala Reggia, Palazzo Apostolico, Rome

Giorgio Vasari
Pope Gregory XI returns to Rome from Avignon (detail)
ca. 1572-73
fresco
Sala Reggia, Palazzo Apostolico, Rome

Giorgio Vasari
Allegory of Rome
1553
ceiling fresco
Palazzo Venezia, Rome

Giorgio Vasari
Allegory of Florence
1553
ceiling fresco
Palazzo Venezia, Rome

Giorgio Vasari
Months of the Year - Personification of August
1553
ceiling fresco
Palazzo Venezia, Rome

Giorgio Vasari
Months of the Year - Personification of December
1553
ceiling fresco
Palazzo Venezia, Rome