LEADER 03606 am 2200505 n 450 001 9910404148703321 005 20230130125528.0 010 $a979-1-03-656079-8 010 $a1-78374-860-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000010848647 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-obp-12652 035 $a(PPN)253362768 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010848647 100 $a20210129j|||||||| ||| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auu||||||m|||| 200 00$aGallucci?s Commentary on Dürer?s ?Four Books on Human Proportion?$eRenaissance Proportion Theory$fGiovanni Paolo Gallucci 210 $aCambridge$cOpen Book Publishers$d2020 215 $a1 online resource (xiv-209 p.) 311 $a1-78374-887-7 330 $aIn 1591, Giovanni Paolo Gallucci published his Della simmetria dei corpi humani, an Italian translation of Albrecht Dürer?s Four Books on Human Proporti on. While Dürer?s treatise had been translated earlier in the sixteenth-century into French and Latin, it was Gallucci?s Italian translation that endured in popularity as the most cited version of the text in later Baroque treatises, covering topics that were seen as central to arts education, connoisseurship, patronage, and the wider appreciation of the studia humanitati s in general. The text centres on the relationships between beauty and proportion, macrocosm and microcosm: relationships that were not only essential to the visual arts in the early modern era, but that cut across a range of disciplines ? music, physiognomics and humoral readings, astronomy, astrology and cosmology, theology and philosophy, even mnemonics and poetry. In his version of the text, Gallucci expanded the educational potential of the treatise by adding a Preface, a Life of Dürer, and a Fifth Book providing a philosophical framework within which to interpret Dürer?s previous sections. This translation is the first to make these original contributions by Gallucci accessible to an English-speaking audience. Gallucci?s contributions illuminate the significance of symmetry and proportion in the contemporary education of the early modern era, informing our understanding of the intellectual history of this period, and the development of art theory and criticism. This is a valuable resource to early modern scholars and students alike, especially those specialising in history of art, philosophy, history of science, and poetry. As with all Open Book publications, this entire book is available to read for free on the publisher?s website. Printed and digital editions, together with supplementary digital material, can also be found at www.openbookpublishers.com 606 $aArts & Humanities 606 $aMedieval & Renaissance Studies 606 $aFour Books on Human Proportion 606 $aarts education 606 $abeauty 606 $aproportion 615 4$aArts & Humanities 615 4$aMedieval & Renaissance Studies 615 4$aFour Books on Human Proportion 615 4$aarts education 615 4$abeauty 615 4$aproportion 700 $aGallucci$b Giovanni Paolo$0716849 701 $aDürer$b Albrecht$0399465 701 $aPaolo$b M[onsignor] Giovanni$01354963 701 $aPaolo Gallucci$b Gio$01354964 701 $aPaolo Gallucci$b M[onsignor] Giovanni$01354965 701 $aSalodiano$b Gallucci$01354966 701 $aHutson$b James$01191096 801 0$bFR-FrMaCLE 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910404148703321 996 $aGallucci?s Commentary on Dürer?s ?Four Books on Human Proportion?$93358861 997 $aUNINA