On Painting (Classics S)
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (805 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0140433317 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-18 |
| Language | : | Italian |
DESCRIPTION:
Language Notes Text: English, Latin (translation)
Small book--huge influence Mark K. Rempel Originally titled De pictura in Tuscan and published in 1435. This edition is a reprint of an edition published by Phaidon Press in 1972, translated by Cecil Grayson, with an introduction and notes by Martin Kemp. Reprinted with copious bibliographic notes with a revised further reading in 2004. I had this book for a Renaissance Florence history class, along with many other works on art, architecture, politics, commerce, and so forth. Though a short important book, I don't find it. Renaissance Rules of Art that Still Hold True! I am glad that this book is available on Kindle and in print! Leon Battista Alberti was definitely the da Vinci of his lifetime! Many of his architectural and other works are still in existence in Italy. This treatise has been consulted by many great artists over the centuries, and Leonardo commented on it in his own writings. The diagrams are especially well done! If anybody wants to learn about the rediscovery of perspective in Western art, this is the book to get!. Five Stars Great
Graduating in canon law from the University of Bologna, he subsequently entered the service of the Church and became a secretary in the Papal Chancery at Rome. . Martin Kemp has been Professor of the History of Art at the University of Oxford since 1995. He died in Rome in 1472. The leading authority on Alberti's written work, he was awarded the CBE in
On Painting had an immediate and profound influence on Italian Renaissance artists including Ghiberti, Fra Angelico and Veneziano and on later figures such as Leonardo da Vinci, and remains a compelling theory of art.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Artist, architect, poet and philosopher, Leon Battista Alberti revolutionized the his