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Sacred Painting, Museum
Federico Borromeo
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Hardback. In "Musaeum" (1625) Federico Borromeo showed a less doctrinaire and more personal side by walking the reader through the Ambrosiana and commenting on specific works in his collection. This volume offers translations of the treatises into English as well as Latin texts, an introduction, notes, and an appendix on the Academy of Design. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: ACQ; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Federico Borromeo, Cardinal-Archbishop of Milan (1564-1631), is well known as a leading Catholic reformer and as the founder of the Ambrosiana library, art collection, and academy in that city. Less known is the fact that the institution's art museum was the culmination of many decades of reflection on the aesthetic qualities and religious roles of art. Borromeo recorded his reflections in two treatises. De pictura sacra ( Sacred Painting , 1624) laid out the rules that artists should follow when creating religious art. Borromeo touched on dozens of iconographical issues and in so doing drew on his deep ... Read more
Federico Borromeo, Cardinal-Archbishop of Milan (1564-1631), is well known as a leading Catholic reformer and as the founder of the Ambrosiana library, art collection, and academy in that city. Less known is the fact that the institution's art museum was the culmination of many decades of reflection on the aesthetic qualities and religious roles of art. Borromeo recorded his reflections in two treatises. De pictura sacra ( Sacred Painting , 1624) laid out the rules that artists should follow when creating religious art. Borromeo touched on dozens of iconographical issues and in so doing drew on his deep ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674047587
SKU
V9780674047587
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About Federico Borromeo
Kenneth S. Rothwell, Jr. is Associate Professor of Classics, University of Massachusetts, Boston. Pamela M. Jones is Professor of Art History, University of Massachusetts, Boston.
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