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Dolce’s ’Aretino’ and Venetian Art Theory of the Cinquecento

Book information

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Year
2000
ISBN
0802083331, 9780802083333
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16555254 bytes)
Series
Renaissance Society of America Reprint Text Series
Pages
368\186
Topic
Art
Time added
2019-03-06 23:32:26

Description

Ludovico Dolce's Dialogo della pittura first appeared in Venice in 1557. L'Aretino, by which the work is known today, consists of a three-part dialogue between two Venetians, Aretino and Fabrini, on the particular merits of works of art and artists, including Michaelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello. It is based largely on Aretino's letters. The edition is presented in the original Italian with English facing-page translation. This study of early art criticism serves to reveal something of how aesthetics were judged based on classical sources (especially Aristotle) and contemporary writers like Vasari.

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