| On Painting Contributor(s): Alberti, Leon Battista (Author), Kemp, Martin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0140433317 ISBN-13: 9780140433319 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1991 Annotation: In his discussion of painting Alberti writes of the process of vision, how the painter can present with his hand what he has understood with his mind, and the moral and artistic pre-requisites of the painter. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Renaissance - Art | Techniques - Painting - Art | Individual Artists - Essays |
| Dewey: 701 |
| Series: Classics S |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 5.07" W x 7.72" (0.19 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Artist, architect, poet and philosopher, Leon Battista Alberti revolutionized the history of art with his theories of perspective in On Painting (1435). Inspired by the order and beauty inherent in nature, his groundbreaking work sets out the principles of distance, dimension and proportion; instructs the painter on how to use the rules of composition, representation, light and colour to create work that is graceful and pleasing to the eye; and stipulates the moral and artistic pre-requisites of the successful painter. On Painting had an immediate and profound influence on Italian Renaissance artists including Ghiberti, Fra Angelico and Veneziano and on later figures such as Leonardo da Vinci, and remains a compelling theory of art. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |