The Figino, or On the Purpose of Painting: Art Theory in the Late Renaissance (Toronto Italian Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080208446X ISBN 13: 9780802084460

Verlag: University of Toronto Press, 2001

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COMANINI, G. THE FIGINO, OR ON THE PURPOSE OF PAINTING. ART THEORY IN THE LATE RENAISSANCE. TRANSLATED, WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES, BY A. DOYLE-ANDERSON AND G. MAIORINO. TORONTO, ONT., 2001, xxi 158 p.,. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

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Reseña del editor:

Of the many treatises written in Italy during the Counter-Reformation, none is more illustrative of the intellectual fermentation of the period than Comanini's work on the purpose of painting, Il Figino overo del fine della Pittura (1591). Although the importance of Il Figino has long been recognized, the text has remained largely inaccessible to many scholars throughout the world. This first complete English translation will make the work available to those readers for the first time. In Il Figino, Comanini addresses all of the most hotly debated aesthetic issues of the time, drawing on an array of classical, medieval and Renaissance sources, including Plato, Aristotle, Horace, Mazzoni, Tasso and Paleotti. The editor and translator provide copious notes which clarify Comanini's aesthetic and theological references, as well as a lucid introduction that places the issues and debates in context. Comanini's impressive erudition makes his treatise an excellent barometer of the state of scholarship in the Counter-Reformation era. This translation is a long-overdue addition to the field of Renaissance studies.

Nota de la solapa:

'This translation renders accurately the intense and at times tortuous rationalization of Comanini, and it does so in a sparkling and readable prose.'

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• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 080208446X
• ISBN 13: 9780802084460
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
• Herausgeber: Doyle-Anderson Ann, Maiorino Giancarlo