Main entry:

Ames-Lewis, Francis, 1943-

Title & Author:

Drawing in early Renaissance Italy / Francis Ames-Lewis.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1981.

Description:

xi, 196 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188) and index.
Some general considerations: written sources ; The status of drawing in the Fifteenth Century ; Survival of drawings. The problem. Regional differences. Collecting ; The origins of drawing ; Drawing in workshop training ; Drawing in artistic exploration - Drawing surfaces: Parchment and another small-scale surfaces. Paper. Sinopie and cartoons - Techniques: Silverpoint drawing. Drawing with pen and ink. Chalk Drawing. Brush Drawing - Model-books and sketch-books: The model-book and its functions ; Pisanello, the transition from model-book to sketch-book ; Drawing-books in early Quattrocento Tuscany ; From sketch-book to Portfolio pattern d - Figure drawing: Study of the nude in Florence ; Sculptural drawing ; Figure drawing outside Florence ; Figure groups - Compositional drawings: Compositional drawings in drawing-books ; Contract drawings ; Compositional sketching ; The evolution of a pictorial design. North Italy. Domenico Ghirlandino. Leonardo da Vinci. Epilogue: The Quattrocento legacy.

Summary:

"This incisive introduction to the subject of early Renaissance drawings throws fresh light on one of the great centuries of Italian art, and by reflection illuminates further the activities of the masters of the High Renaissance."--Book jacket.

ISBN:

0300025513
9780300025514
0300026412
9780300026412
0300029764
9780300029765
0300029780
9780300029789

Subject:

Drawing, Italian.
Drawing, Renaissance Italy.
Dessin italien.
Dessin de la Renaissance Italie.
Drawing, Renaissance.
Zeichnung
Tekenkunst.
Renaissance.
Italy.
Italien

Holdings:

Location: Library main 99147
Call No.: ID:85-B1523
Status: Available