Giorgio Vasari considered the art of the Middle Ages to be very worthy and highly estimable.

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Giorgio Vasari, an Italian painter and art historian of the Renaissance, wrote in his book "The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects" that the art of the Middle Ages was inferior to that of the Renaissance. He believed that the Renaissance marked a rebirth of the arts and culture, and that the art of the Middle Ages was primitive and lacked the sophistication and realism of Renaissance art. Therefore, he did not consider it to be highly estimable.

Giorgio Vasari Considered the Art of the Middle Ages to Be