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Giorgio Vasari, as one of the first art historians in the 16th century, works out in his introduction to the three visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture) why the medium of drawing should be given more importance and why it should no longer be regarded as less important and merely preparatory. Detached from its purposeful classification as a sketch or preliminary drawing for later major works, Vasari recognizes in drawing the free spirit that precedes the arts, which has an effect in them with great autonomy. Vasari's point of view did not find recognition until the late 19th …