UID:
almahu_9949700798302882
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 472 pages) :
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illustrations.
ISBN:
9789004246744
Series Statement:
Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 25
Content:
Leonardo da Vinci's arguments for the supremacy of painting over the arts of poetry, music, and sculpture address issues that have been relevant to debates over the nature of representation since the time Plato discussed imitation until today, maintains Claire Farago in this wide-ranging critical analysis of the first important modern contribution to the comparison of the arts. This study systematically examines 46 passages compiled in the mid-sixteenth century from eighteen of Leonardo's notebooks and their relationship to the artist's holograph writings on painting, providing a critical transcription newly made from the Codex Vaticanus Urbinas 1270 and a new English translation with extensive notes that take into account Leonardo's scientific terminology, the highly contrived form of his rhetorical argumentation, and the role played by his original editors.
Note:
Revision of author's thesis.
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Preliminary Material /
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Chapter One: The Paragone /
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Chapter Two: The Rivalry of the Arts in Leonardo's Time /
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Chapter Three: Leonardo's Defense of Painting /
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Chapter Four: Leonardo's Contribution to the Paragone Tradition /
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Introduction /
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Appendix I: \'Trattato Sequences\' in Leonardo's Writings. /
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Appendix 2: Guide to Related Passages in the Original Manuscripts /
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Consolidated Bibliography /
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Photographic Acknowledgments /
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Index /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Leonardo da Vinci's Paragone: A Critical Interpretation with a New Edition of the Text in the Codex Urbinas Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 1992, ISBN 9789004094154
Language:
English
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