Strange Connections: Giorgio Vasari And Galileo Galilei
Friday, May 28, 2010 - 19:01
in Psychology & Sociology
It could be argued that had it not been for the influence of the Italian painter, writer, historian and architect, Giorgio Vasari (July 30, 1511 – June 27, 1574) on Cosimo I de' Medici, the first Grand Duke of Tuscany (pictured right), the then hated de' Medici dynasty would have ended right then and there shortly after Cosimo I was elected Duke of Florence at age 17, after his 4th cousin, Duke Alessandro de' Medici had been assassinated in 1537. read more