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John Paul Lomatius, A Tract containing the Arts of curious Painting, Carving, Building (1598)

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Date

1598

Author

John Paul Lomatius

Translator

Richard Haydock

Book title

A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge caruinge buildinge written first in Italian by Io: Paul Lomatius painter of Milan and Englished by R.H student in physik

Publication place

Oxford

Printer

Joseph Barnes

Publisher

Richard Haydock

Transcription source

EEBO; Hathitrust

Text type

printed book

Genre

Treatises

Subject area

architecture
art

Summary

See definition of painting, proportion, colour, and perspective (book I, chapters 1 and 4; book 3, chapter 3; and book 5, chapter 3). Promises at close "A Table of the names of all the most famous Painters, Caruers, and Architectes both ancient and late."

Language

headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English

Word-group

type: alphabetical

Word-entry

type: gloss

STC

16698

Ian Lancashire, Editor.
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