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Title

  • Gallucci's Commentary on Dürer's 'Four Books on Human Proportion' : Renaissance Proportion Theory

Names

  • Gallucci, Giovanni Paolo, 1538-1621? author.
  • Hutson, James, author.

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2020.

Contents

  • Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- On the Translation -- Introduction -- 1. Proportion Theory: Disciplinary Intersections -- 2. Gallucci: Translator, Academician, Pedagogue -- 3. Ut pictura poesis: Sister Arts -- 4. Physiognomics: The Science of Passion -- 5. From Microcosm to Macrocosm -- 6. Proportion Studies: Reception and Legacy -- Contents -- Dedication -- Life of Albrecht Dürer -- Preface to Readers -- Book Five -- 1. On the Utility of this Doctrine -- 2. On the Differences of Humans with Respect to Countries, Sex, and Age -- 3. On the Beauty of Human Bodies, Especially Women
  • 4. The Figure of a Strong Man -- 5. How the Figure of a Timid Man Should Be Painted -- 6. How One Should Paint a Furious and Angry Man -- 7. The Figure of a Man, Who Is by Nature Cold and Wet, therefore, Meek and Humble, Feeble, Slow, Quiet, and Effeminate -- 8. How an Ingenious Man Should Be Painted -- 9. The Figure of an Uncouth Man Compared to One with Great Intelligence -- 10. The Figure and Painting of an Effeminate Man, Soft by Nature and also through Incident -- 11. How a Humble Man Should Be Painted, and One Who Is Shameful, either by Nature or Chance, and a Woman Again
  • 12. The Figure of an Insolent and Presumptuous Man -- 13. The Figure of a Cheerful Man -- 14. The Figure of a Melancholic and Grieved Man -- 15. The Figure of a Cruel and Inhumane Man -- 16. The Figure of a Flatterer -- 17. The Figure of a Desperate Woman -- 18. The Figure of a Man Full of Astonishment -- 19. The Figure of Beastly or Savage Men -- 20. The Figure of a Fraud -- 21. The Figure of a Deceitful Man, and of a Mean, Miserable, and Cowardly Man -- 22. The Figure of a Wicked Man, Who, in Speaking, Says Impertinent Things -- 23. The Figure of an Insane Man Who Is, at the Same Time, Wicked
  • 24. The Figure of Big Eater, and of One of Great Memory -- 25. The Figure of a Loquacious Man -- 26. The Figure of a Drowsy Man -- 27. The Figure of a Libidinous Man -- 28. The Figure of an Envious Man -- 29. The Figure of an Ugly Man and Woman -- 30. On the Different Feet of Men, and Those Which Are Suitable -- 31. On the Diversity of Heels or Ankles Compared to the Figure that [the Painter] Wishes to Represent -- 32. On the Diversity of Legs with Respect to the Different Figures They Want to Make -- 33. On the Diversity of Knees Appropriate to Different Figures
  • 34. Which Thighs and Buttocks are Appropriate for Which Figures -- 35. Which Limbs and Stomachs Belong to Which Figures -- 36. Which Back and Ribs Suit Which Figures -- 37. Different Measures of the Stomach, Chest, and Belly that Suit Different Figures -- 38. On Some Correspondences that Some Members Have between Them -- 39. How the Chest and Shoulders Should Be Done in Several Different Figures -- 40. On the Shoulders and Chest Most Appropriate to Different Figures -- 41. On Arms and Hands Appropriate to Different Figures -- 42. Which Fingernails Are Appropriate to Different Figures

Headings

  • -  Dürer, Albrecht,--1471-1528.--Les quatre liures d'Albert Durer
  • -  Human figure in art
  • -  Human anatomy
  • -  Proportion (Art)

Genre

  • Electronic books

Notes

  • -  43. On the Diversity of Necks Appropriate to Different Figures
  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-200) and index.
  • -  Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Open Book Publishers website ; viewed on 2020-04-01)

Medium

  • 1 online resource (xiii, 228 pages) : illustrations

Call Number/Physical Location

  • N7570

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019452862

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Chicago citation style:

Gallucci, Giovanni Paolo, ? Author, and James Hutson. Gallucci's Commentary on Dürer's 'Four Books on Human Proportion': Renaissance Proportion Theory. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2020. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019452862/.

APA citation style:

Gallucci, G. P. & Hutson, J. (2020) Gallucci's Commentary on Dürer's 'Four Books on Human Proportion': Renaissance Proportion Theory. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019452862/.

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Gallucci, Giovanni Paolo, ? Author, and James Hutson. Gallucci's Commentary on Dürer's 'Four Books on Human Proportion': Renaissance Proportion Theory. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2020. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019452862/>.