On Christian iconography : selections from The art of painting (1649) / Francisco Pacheco ; with an introduction and the Spanish text translated by Jeremy Roe with Carles Gutiérrez Sanfeliu, and the Latin text translated by José Solís de los Santos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pacheco, Francisco, 1564-1644, author.

Contributor:

Roe, Jeremy, writer of introduction, translator.

Gutiérrez-Sanfeliu, Carles, translator.

Solís de los Santos, José, translator.

Series:

Early modern Catholicism and the visual arts series ; v. 16.

Early modern Catholicism and the visual arts series

Standardized Title:

Arte de la pintura. Selections. English

Language:

English

Latin

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Painting--Early works to 1800.

Painting.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

xxv, 340 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Saint Joseph's University Press, [2017]

Contents:

An introduction to Pacheco's writings on the decorum of religious painting

Of the order, decency and decorum that invention ought to follow

In which the matter of decorum is continued

In which the approval of the painting of the Last Judgment and the subject of decorum is concluded

Important counsels on a number of sacred histories, regarding the truth and correctness with which they should be painted in accordance with the Divine Scriptures and the Holy Doctors

In which counsels on the painting of sacred histoiries are continued

In which the counsels on sacred paintings are continued

On the truthful paintings of some of the best known of the saints

In favor of painting the four nails with which Christ our Redeemer was crucified

In which the thought and approval of these two letters is given be learned men that examined and approved them.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-292) and index.

ISBN:

9780916101893

0916101894

OCLC:

946579926