Lincoln, Evelyn, author.

Brilliant discourse : pictures and readers in early modern Rome / Evelyn Lincoln.

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2014]
©2014

xi, 302 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

"Sixteenth-century Roman presses turned out hundreds of technical treatises and learned discourses written in the vernacular. Covering topics as diverse as the cultivation of silkworms, the lives of the saints, and the order of the cosmos, they made esoteric knowledge accessible to a broad spectrum of readers. Many of these books were illustrated with beautiful etchings, engravings, or woodcuts, and some were written in the form of theatrical and engaging dialogues. For writers, publishers, printers, and artists, bringing such books into the world changed the lives of those involved in their production. The process of publication, a risky business in itself, forged lively social networks centered on making and reading these treatises. Brilliant Discourse follows the story of the Roman illustrated book from the printed page back out to the Renaissance streets, piazzas, palaces, convents, and bookshops where these expensive publications, carefully shepherded through the press, acted in the real world to create lively communities of readers and viewers."--Jacket.

9780300204193 (cloth ; alk.aline paper)
0300204191 (cloth ; alk.aline paper)

Illustrated books Italy Rome History 16th century.
Books and reading Italy Rome History 16th century.
Livres illustrés Italie Rome Histoire 16e siècle.
Livres et lecture Italie Rome Histoire 16e siècle.
Books and reading
Illustrated books
Illustration
Buch
Italy Rome
Rom

History

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 286157
Cote: BIB 226321
Statut: Disponible