Lomazzo's Aesthetic Principles Reflected in the Art of His Time : With a Foreword by Paolo Roberto Ciardi, an Introduction by Jean Julia Chai, and an Afterword by Alexander Marr.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword: Lomazzo's Temple -- Acknowledgements -- Figures and Maps -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Notes -- Chronology of Lomazzo's Life and Career -- Introduction Lomazzo Studies: Getting the Whole Picture -- Chapter 1 'Oh blessed, excellent mind and hands!': Lomazzo's Admiration for Gaudenzio Ferrari -- Chapter 2 New Light on Lomazzo's Artistic Career -- Chapter 3 Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla: Poet, Painter, Draughtsman, and Printmaker between Milan and Rome -- Chapter 4 Lomazzo vs. Luini: Comparative Aesthetics -- Chapter 5 'De la gran Cantona i chiari honori': Caterina Cantoni, Lomazzo, and the Accademia della Val di Blenio -- Chapter 6 Lomazzo's Two Pupils: 'first is Figino, and then Ciocca' -- Chapter 7 Lomazzo's Influence on Decorative Patterns in Sculptural Workshops Before and After 1600 -- Afterword -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index of Proper Nouns -- Index of Places.

An exploration of the influence of the charismatic Milanese art theorist on his contemporaries in the field of drawing, painting, printmaking, decorative arts, and sculpture.

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