Author:
Walter S. Melion
Search for other papers by Walter S. Melion in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
Open Access

Johanni

Hunc lepidum libellum

Amoris perennis specimen

Humiliter et devote

D.D.

W.S.M.

  • Collapse
  • Expand

Karel van Mander and his Foundation of the Noble, Free Art of Painting

First English Translation, with Introduction and Commentary

Series:  Brill’s Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History, Volume: 62
Cover Karel van Mander and his <i>Foundation of the Noble, Free Art of Painting</i>
E-Book ISBN:
9789004523074
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
20 Sep 2022
Front Matter
Introduction “ ‘Pictura’s Cornerstone’: Karel van Mander and His Foundation of the Noble, free Art of Painting”
Illustrations
Den Grondt: The Foundation of the Noble, free Art of Painting: In which her form, origin, and nature are placed before the eyes of inquisitive Youth, in discrete Parts, in Rhymed Verse.
Dedicatory Prefaces, Preface to the Foundation of the Noble, Free Art of Painting, and Selection of Preliminary Poems on the Grondt
Chapter 1: “Exhortation, or Admonition to up and coming young Painters”
Chapter 2: “On Drawing, or the Art of Delineating”
Chapter 3: “Analogy, Proportion, or measurement of the Parts of a Human Body”
Chapter 4: “On the Attitude, Decorum, and Decorous Motion of a Human Figure”
Chapter 5: “On the Ordonnance and Invention of Histories”
Chapter 6: “Portrayal of the Affects, Passions, Desires, and Sorrows of Persons”
Chapter 7: “On Reflection, Reverberation, re-reflected luster, or re-reflection”
Chapter 8: “On Landscape”
Chapter 9: “On Cattle, Animals, and Birds”
Chapter 10: “On Fabrics or Drapery”
Chapter 11: “On Sorting and Combining Colors”
Chapter 12: “On Painting Well, or Coloring”
Chapter 13: “On the Origin, Nature, Force, and Effect of Colors”
Chapter 14: “On the Interpretation of Colors, and What They Can Signify”
Register of Commonplaces: “Table of the Foundation of the Art of Painting”
Commentary
Illustrations

Metrics

All Time Past 365 days Past 30 Days
Abstract Views 0 0 0
Full Text Views 44 8 0
PDF Views & Downloads 0 0 0