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In Literature and Artistic Practice in the Sixteenth Century Angela Cerasuolo, art historian and restorer, tracks the technical processes of painting through the cross-analysis of literary texts and works of art. Having traced the critical fortunes of the texts of the authors-Leonardo, Vasari, Armenini, Borghini, Lomazzo-she compares the information on drawing and painting, analysing the specific terminology, and identifying the materials and methods. Central themes of the theoretical debate-'disegno', 'invenzione', the contrast between 'prestezza' and 'diligenza', the 'paragone'-are examined in the light of their relationship with the techniques. On the basis of scientific studies on the technical execution of paintings, works from the Capodimonte Museum, Naples are analysed as case studies.

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Author:   Angela Cerasuolo ,  Helen Glanville
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   262/17
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.908kg
ISBN:  

9789004314870

ISBN 10:   9004314873
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   02 February 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION No Man's Land - Technical treatises 1. LIBRI DI BOTTEGA : A COVERT TRANSMISSION 1.1. The background 1.2. Among transcriptions and abridged versions: Leonardo's writings, the multiform life of a never-to-be-born treatise 1.3. The underground circulation of Cennino Cennini's Libro dell'arte 1.4. My intention was to only write the lives and works of our artists, and not to teach the arts : the Introduzzione alle arti and techniques of painting in Vasari's Lives 1.5. Il Riposo by Raffaello Borghini: analysis of a text as a mirror of technical knowledge in the workshops at the end of the sixteenth century 1.6. De' veri precetti della pittura by Giovan Battista Armenini, a consciously grammatical approach 1.7. The Treatises of Giovan Paolo Lomazzo and the legacy of Leonardo in Lombardy 2. ISSUES AND FORMS 2.1 Disegno and invention: Schizzo, macchia, abbozzo, and the construction of the work of art 2.2. Prestezza and diligenza as a key for interpreting the relationship between technique and style 2.2.1. Armenini and Vasari: symptoms of discord 2.2.2. Chiaroscuro and grotesque: prestezza in two characteristic techniques of the Maniera 2.3. The Paragone: also a technical challenge 2.4. Colour and the counterfeiting of Nature 2.4.1. The beauty of colours 2.4.2. The atramentum of Apelles 3. THE PROCESSES 3.1. The technique of drawing 3.2. The preparation of cartoons. Transfer processes 3.3. Colours: pigments in treatises 3.3.1. Lists of colours in Borghini and Lomazzo 3.3.2. Armenini's avertimenti on pigments 3.3.3. Mixing the colours: from the mestiche to the palette 3.4. The myth of true fresco 3.5. Tempera painting 3.5.1. Vasari and egg tempera: revival of an outdated technique. 3.5.2. Glue-size tempera: tuchlein, guazzo , chiaroscuro 3.6. Oil painting 3.6.1. Preparazione and imprimitura 3.6.2. The execution of a painting: bozze and finiture 3.6.3. Oil painting on wall 3.6.4. Sebastiano del Piombo's nuovo modo - from wall to slate 3.6.5. Painting on stone from Sebastiano to Vasari and the artists of the Medici Court 3.6.6. Paintings on copper - the beginnings 3.7. Varnish and finishing 3.7.1. The varnishes 3.7.2. The glazes 3.7.3. Finishes and retouching 4. THROUGH THE PAINTINGS: A FEW SIGNIFICANT CASE-STUDIES 4.1. Madonna del Divino Amore 4.2. Madonna della gatta 4.3. Per questa confusione di segni Additions to the genesis of a painting: the small paintings and the Calvary by Polidoro da Caravaggio 4.4. The Sacra Famiglia by Parmigianino 4.5. The paintings by Sebastiano del Piombo in the Capodimonte Museum, Naples Index

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For the study of art theory, practice, and conservation science, and in delineating how to read the value and significance of technical texts in their historical context and in their in illumination of technique and style, text, and conception of art, Literature and Artistic Practice in Sixteenth-Century Italy represents a new achievement in the study of art history. Shancheng Ma, Ningbo University. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 1 (Spring 2018), pp. 236-237.

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Angela Cerasuolo, Ph.D. (2012) Seconda Universita di Napoli, is Restorer-conservator in the Museum of Capodimonte, Naples. She has published on history and theory of conservation and on painting techniques, including contribution on Raphael, Sebastiano del Piombo, Polidoro, Vasari, Leonardo.

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