The Figino, or On the Purpose of Painting: Art Theory in the Late Renaissance
ISBN: 9781442681279
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Toronto Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Arts -- Philosophy -- Early works to 1800; Painting -- Philosophy -- Early works to 1800; Aesthetics -- Early works to 1800;

Comanini's impressive erudition makes his treatise an excellent barometer of the state of scholarship in the Counter-Reformation era. This translation is a long-overdue addition to the field of Renaissance studies.


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Ann Doyle-Anderson is Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages, Steph F. Austin State University.

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