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Giovanni Paolo Lomazzoâs Trattato dellâArte della Pittura: Color, Perspective and Anatomy
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Barbara Tramelliâs Giovanni Paolo Lomazzoâs Trattato dellâArte della Pittura: Color, Perspective and Anatomy investigates the context in which the writings of the painter Giovanni Lomazzo were produced, the types of theoretical and practical knowledge which they conveyed to artists and how painters in the second half of the sixteenth century shared this knowledge among themselves. In his books, Lomazzo drew on earlier and contemporary art literature, his own expertise as a painter, works of natural philosophy and his personal exchanges with contemporary artists, astrologers and âscientistsâ. Lomazzo and his work are placed in the context of the city where he operated and published, paying particular attention to the role of Milanese institutions as âspaces of interactionsâ with colleagues and men of letters in which the material for his books was discussed and collected. Tramelli highlights three main areas of Lomazzoâs studies: color, perspective and anatomy, linking his theoretical discourse to what was known and discussed about these topics in Milan at the end of the sixteenth century.
Dr. Barbara Tramelli obtained her PhD in Art history at the Freie Universitaet in Berlin. She held fellowships from the Warburg Institute and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. She is currently working on the project âLe livre illustré à Lyon 1480-1600â, Equipex Biblissima, CNRS, Lyon.
"Barbara Tramelliâs Giovanni Paolo Lomazzoâs Trattato dellâArte della Pittura: Color, Perspective and Anatomy successfully â and perhaps exhaustively â shows how much Lomazzoâs thinking about art is indebted to the scientific and literary cultures of sixteenth-century Milan.
- Joost Keizer (University of Groningen), History of Humanities (Spring 2018), 3:1: 223-224.
"One of the most important values of Tramelliâs book is that it makes Lomazzoâs broad and prolific writings available to non-Italian scholars, particularly the Trattato, the most widely read of his books, which Schlosser has recognized as the âBible of Mannerismâ. [...] Tramelli succeeds in making Lomazzoâs writing lighter and more intelligible, while articulating the topics in shorter paragraphs and highlighting and discussing the contradictions in the text."
Mauro Pavesi (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. LXXI , No. 1, pp. 237-239
"[the work] demonstrates intellectual honesty in providing an essential and consistent line of interpretation. It is a book that I have read with pleasure, as, in short, it is never discouraging the reader and making him feel inadequate: the difficulties of the reader are the same as those of the author, and she exposes her doubts with the utmost sincerity."
- Giovanni Mazzaferro, Letteratura artistica: Cross-cultural Studies in Art History Sources
- Joost Keizer (University of Groningen), History of Humanities (Spring 2018), 3:1: 223-224.
"One of the most important values of Tramelliâs book is that it makes Lomazzoâs broad and prolific writings available to non-Italian scholars, particularly the Trattato, the most widely read of his books, which Schlosser has recognized as the âBible of Mannerismâ. [...] Tramelli succeeds in making Lomazzoâs writing lighter and more intelligible, while articulating the topics in shorter paragraphs and highlighting and discussing the contradictions in the text."
Mauro Pavesi (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. LXXI , No. 1, pp. 237-239
"[the work] demonstrates intellectual honesty in providing an essential and consistent line of interpretation. It is a book that I have read with pleasure, as, in short, it is never discouraging the reader and making him feel inadequate: the difficulties of the reader are the same as those of the author, and she exposes her doubts with the utmost sincerity."
- Giovanni Mazzaferro, Letteratura artistica: Cross-cultural Studies in Art History Sources
Acknowledgements vii
Editorial Principles ix
List of Illustrations x
Introduction: Aims, Sources and Methodology 1
Part 1 Lomazzo and Milan
1 The Artist and the Traveller 17
2 Spaces and Institutions 37
3 Art and Grotesque 63
Part 2 Color, Perspective and Anatomy
The Treatise: A Short Introduction 77
4 Lomazzoâs Colors 85
5 Acutissima è La Prospettiva 128
6 The Study of the Body 174
General Conclusions 211
APPENDICES
1 Contract between Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo and Giulio Claro, Reggente in Milan, dated 1561 221
2 Lâinterogaçiglion châo sâhan da fa dar gran Scanscieré pos ra gneregada a col châo vùr intrò in dra Vall de Bregn 223
3 Difinicione della tavola sopra detta 224
4 Straducc dra vall de Bregn 226
5 Inventory 24th January 1604, doc. B, notary Benedetto Coerezio, f. 20578 227
6 Inventory, 11th November 1611, Fondo Litta, carte 32 229
7 Libro III Del Colore (1584) 230
8 a. Paduan Manuscript (Merrifield, pp. 648â717), Ricette per fare ogni sorte di colori (Chap. Iâ De colori in generale, e di quali materie si componghino) 231
8 b. Lomazzo, IV chapter of III book of the Trattato, Quali siano le materie nelle quali si trovino i colori 231
Bibliography 233
Index of Names 250
Editorial Principles ix
List of Illustrations x
Introduction: Aims, Sources and Methodology 1
Part 1 Lomazzo and Milan
1 The Artist and the Traveller 17
2 Spaces and Institutions 37
3 Art and Grotesque 63
Part 2 Color, Perspective and Anatomy
The Treatise: A Short Introduction 77
4 Lomazzoâs Colors 85
5 Acutissima è La Prospettiva 128
6 The Study of the Body 174
General Conclusions 211
APPENDICES
1 Contract between Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo and Giulio Claro, Reggente in Milan, dated 1561 221
2 Lâinterogaçiglion châo sâhan da fa dar gran Scanscieré pos ra gneregada a col châo vùr intrò in dra Vall de Bregn 223
3 Difinicione della tavola sopra detta 224
4 Straducc dra vall de Bregn 226
5 Inventory 24th January 1604, doc. B, notary Benedetto Coerezio, f. 20578 227
6 Inventory, 11th November 1611, Fondo Litta, carte 32 229
7 Libro III Del Colore (1584) 230
8 a. Paduan Manuscript (Merrifield, pp. 648â717), Ricette per fare ogni sorte di colori (Chap. Iâ De colori in generale, e di quali materie si componghino) 231
8 b. Lomazzo, IV chapter of III book of the Trattato, Quali siano le materie nelle quali si trovino i colori 231
Bibliography 233
Index of Names 250
This volume is of interest to a wide audience of art historians, historians of science and book historians alike.