An edition of Trattato della pittura (1651)
A treatise on painting
By Leonardo da Vinci,Raphael Trichet Du Fresne,Leon Battista Alberti
Publish Date
1796
Publisher
Printed for I. and J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library ...
Language
eng
Pages
238
Description:
This is the first pocket-sized edition of Leonardo da Vinci's treatise on painting. The editor was a print maker who owned a print shop and saw the market for an affordable edition that would appeal to artists and art lovers. He reduced the engravings of human figures in movement to line drawings to reduce the cost.
subjects: Painting, Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Codex Vaticanus Urbinas 1270, Sculpture, Technique, Drawing, Perspective, Painters, Biography, Painting, history, Malerei, Ästhetik, Peinture, Ouvrages avant 1800, Long Now Manual for Civilization
People: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Times: Early works to 1800