Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo’s Trattato Dell’arte Della Pittura: Color, Perspective and Anatomy (Nuncius, 1)

"Barbara Tramelli's 'Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo's Trattato dell'Arte 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 'scientists'. 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 'spaces of interactions' with colleagues and men of letters in which the material for his books was discussed and collected. Tramelli highlights three main areas of Lomazzo?s 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."--Back cover Contents 6 Acknowledgements 8 Editorial Principles 10 List of Illustrations 11 Introduction: Aims, Sources and Methodology 14 Part 1 28 Lomazzo and Milan 28 Chapter 1 30 The Artist and the Traveller 30 Chapter 2 50 Spaces and Institutions 50 Chapter 3 76 Art and Grotesque 76 Part 2 88 Color, Perspective and Anatomy 88 The Treatise: A Short Introduction 90 Chapter 4 98 Lomazzo’s Colors 98 Chapter 5 141 Acutissima è La Prospettiva 141 Chapter 6 187 The Study of the Body 187 General Conclusions 224 Appendices 232 Appendix 1 234 Contract between Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo and Giulio Claro, Reggente in Milan, dated 1561 234 Appendix 2 236 L’interogaçiglion ch’o s’han da fa dar gran Scanscieré pos ra gneregada a col ch’o vùr intrò in dra Vall de Bregn 236 Appendix 3 237 Difinicione della tavola sopra detta 237 Appendix 4 239 Straducc dra vall de Bregn 239 Appendix 5 240 Inventory 24th January 1604, doc. B, notary Benedetto Coerezio, f. 20578 240 Appendix 6 242 Inventory, 11th November 1611, Fondo Litta, carte 32 242 Appendix 7 243 Libro III Del Colore (1584) 243 Appendix 8 244 Bibliography 246 Index of Names 263 Lomazzo And Milan -- Color, Perspective And Anatomy. By Barbara Tramelli. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 233-249) And Index.