In 1550, the art historian Giorgio Vasari gave this renewal of Greek culture in art a name:
The Renaissance.
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According to Vasari, Bellini“first introduced the custom by which any Venetian could
order his portrait to him or any other artist”.
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The architect,
artist and first historian of Italian art Giorgio Vasari painted this portrait commissioned by Alessandro de
Medici many years after the death of the person depicted on it.
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In it, Vasari wrote that Leonardo's"cast of mind was so
heretical that he did not adhere to any religion, thinking perhaps that it was better to be a philosopher than a Christian.".