Giorgio Vasari was one of the few artists in the history of art who built designed and
decorated his homes. This book is the first to focus on Vasari's decorative cycles for his
homes in Arezzo and Florence revealing the significance of the artistic cultural and
historical milieu of the sixteenth century. This study breaks new ground in two ways: First in
a personal and original manner the imagery is related to Vasari's artistic ideas on history
painting and the role of the artist. And second Vasari's imagery portrays visual galleries
applauding his teachers antiquity and the creation of art.
