- Hardcover: 141 pages
- Publisher: Greenwood Press; Facsimile edition edition (19 Oct 1976)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0837189748
- ISBN-13: 978-0837189741
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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This is effectively a textbook for Renaissance artists. It is split into three sections, the first dealing predominantly with issues of composition and perspective, the second with light and shade, colour and the artist's duty to his art and his public, and the third predominantly with what qualities one must bring to the job of being an artist.
If you are only loosely interested in art as a pragmatic practice, and you don't have some mathematical knowledge which will steer you through the first section it may be rather impenetrable in places. I am one of these people and found myself really struggling with the first section.
It is however fascinating as a glimpse into the mindset of a humanist scholar and as someone practicing on the cusp of what will become the Renaissance. I picked this up because I am studying Leonardo Da Vinci and this book was massively influential on him. This is what is most fascinating to me, that the things which Leonardo did and propounded, and which many people judge him as a genius for, were already laid out in essence in this book, written many years before.
This is a short book, coming in at 96 pages, with thirty odd of those taken up by the introduction. The introduction however is very valuable and to me the most illuminating part of the book, one which certainly gave me enough impetus to keep going with the actual text itself. The introduction is written by Martin Kemp, a world renowned expert on Leonardo Da Vinci. His writing is fluent, interesting and illuminating.
If you are only loosely interested in art as a pragmatic practice, and you don't have some mathematical knowledge which will steer you through the first section it may be rather impenetrable in places. I am one of these people and found myself really struggling with the first section.
It is however fascinating as a glimpse into the mindset of a humanist scholar and as someone practicing on the cusp of what will become the Renaissance. I picked this up because I am studying Leonardo Da Vinci and this book was massively influential on him. This is what is most fascinating to me, that the things which Leonardo did and propounded, and which many people judge him as a genius for, were already laid out in essence in this book, written many years before.
This is a short book, coming in at 96 pages, with thirty odd of those taken up by the introduction. The introduction however is very valuable and to me the most illuminating part of the book, one which certainly gave me enough impetus to keep going with the actual text itself. The introduction is written by Martin Kemp, a world renowned expert on Leonardo Da Vinci. His writing is fluent, interesting and illuminating.
33 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I ordered the book after it cropped up in my research for a university assignment on renaissance art techniques, I barely needed any other source material. Brilliantly written by Alberti, and translated like you wouln't believe. Never before have I seen a text that details all the inner workings of a renaissance artists studio like this. A must for all lovers of renaissance art, and essential for all students of art history.
10 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is a great read as well as a wealth of knowledge.
Small enough to fit in your pocket, the book takes you through different periods in time, exploring different artists and their styles of paintings.
A great book to take with you to the gallery and alike....or even just to boost your art knowledge so that you can show off to your friends and actually look like you know about art.
Also, a great help for people studying art and/or the history or art.
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