De Prospectiva Pingendi

ALTERNATIVE TITLES
De Prospectiva Pingendi; Sulla Prospettiva del Dipingere; On the Perspective of Painting; De la Perspective en Peinture; Über die Perspektive in der Malerei; Sobre la Perspectiva de la Pintura.
CURRENT LOCATION
Italy, Reggio Emilia, Biblioteca Panizzi, Ms. Regg. A 41/2.
FACSIMILE EDITION
De Prospectiva Pingendi: Aboca Museum (Sansepolcro, 2008). Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document: the facsimile reproduces as close as possible the codicological characteristics of the original document; the binding might not correspond to that of the original document as it appears at the present moment. Limited edition: 999 copies. Commentary: Italian, English (by Mussini Massimo, Grasselli Luigi). Slipcase. Other facsimile editions of the same document have been published: Aboca Museum (Sansepolcro, 2009 – not limited edition).
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De Prospectiva Pingendi

ALTERNATIVE TITLES
De Prospectiva Pingendi; Sulla Prospettiva del Dipingere; On the Perspective of Painting; De la Perspective en Peinture; Über die Perspektive in der Malerei; Sobre la Perspectiva de la Pintura.
CURRENT LOCATION
Italy, Reggio Emilia, Biblioteca Panizzi, Ms. Regg. A 41/2.
FACSIMILE EDITION
De Prospectiva Pingendi: Aboca Museum (Sansepolcro, 2008). Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document: the facsimile reproduces as close as possible the codicological characteristics of the original document; the binding might not correspond to that of the original document as it appears at the present moment. Limited edition: 999 copies. Commentary: Italian, English (by Mussini Massimo, Grasselli Luigi). Slipcase. Other facsimile editions of the same document have been published: Aboca Museum (Sansepolcro, 2009 – not limited edition).
Copyright photos: Aboca Museum, Illuminated Facsimiles

Category:
FEATURES – Codex on parchment, 305 x 220 mm.
ORIGIN – Italy.
CHRONOLOGY – 15th century: 1472-1475.
GENRE – Treatises / Secular books; Art / Drawing; Mathematics / Geometry.
CONTENTS – Studies dedicated by the painter and mathematician Piero di Benedetto de’ Franceschi (commonly known as Piero della Francesca), to the rules of perspective.
LANGUAGE – Italian.
SCRIBE – Piero della Francesca.
DECORATION – About 100 drawings.
ARTIST – Piero della Francesca.
STYLE – Renaissance.

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