Sacred painting ; Museum / Federico Borromeo ; edited and translated by Kenneth S. Rothwell, Jr. ; introduction and notes by Pamela M. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borromeo, Federico, 1564-1631.

Contributor:

Rothwell, Kenneth S., Jr. (Kenneth Sprague), 1955-

Jones, Pamela M.

Series:

I Tatti Renaissance library ; 44.

The I Tatti Renaissance library ; 44

Standardized Title:

De pictura sacra. English & Latin

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Christian art and symbolism--Early works to 1800.

Christian art and symbolism.

Christianity and art--Catholic Church--Early works to 1800.

Christianity and art.

Painting--Early works to 1800.

Painting.

Pinacoteca ambrosiana (Milan, Italy).

Christianity and art--Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 298 pages, 10 pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Other Title:

Museum.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.

Summary:

Federico Borromeo founded the Ambrosiana library, art collection, and academy in Milan. "Sacred Painting" laid out the rules that artists should follow when creating religious art. "Museum" walked the reader through the Ambrosiana's collection, offering some of the earliest critiques to survive on works by Leonardo, Titian, and Jan Brueghel the Elder.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Borromeo, Federico, 1564-1631. Musaeum. English & Latin.

ISBN:

9780674047587

0674047583

OCLC:

455871638