Foreword by Roberto Paolo Ciardi. Introduction by Jean Julia Chai. Afterword by Alexander Marr.
'Lomazzo's Aesthetic Principles Reflected in the Art of his Time' explores the work of the Milanese artist-theorist Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo (1538–92) and his influence on the circle of the Accademia della Val di Blenio and beyond. Following reflections on Lomazzo's 'fortuna critica', the accompanying essays examine his admiration of Gaudenzio Ferrari; Lomazzo’s painted 'oeuvre'; his influence on printmaking with Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla; on drawing and painting with Aurelio Luini; on the decorative arts and the embroideress Caterina Cantoni; his pupils Giovanni Ambrogio Figino and Girolamo Ciocca; grotesque sculpture outside Milan; and Lomazzo in England with Richard Haydocke’s translation of the 'Trattato'. In doing so, this book takes an innovative approach — one which aims to bridge the scholarship, hitherto disjoined, between Lomazzo the artist and Lomazzo the theorist — while expanding our knowledge of a protagonist of Renaissance and early modern art theory.
Author(s): Lucia Tantardini, Rebecca Norris
Series: Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History, 318. Brill’s Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History, 49
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 250
City: Leiden
Preface / Lucia Tantardini vii
Foreword: Lomazzo’s Temple / Roberto Paolo Ciardi ix
Acknowledgements xv
List of Figures and Maps xvi
List of Abbreviations xxi
Notes on Contributors xxiii
Notes xxvi
Chronology of Lomazzo’s Life and Career / Rebecca Norris xxvii
Introduction: Lomazzo Studies: Getting the Whole Picture / Jean Julia Chai 1
1. 'Oh blessed, excellent mind and hands!': Lomazzo’s Admiration for Gaudenzio Ferrari / Rossana Sacchi 18
2. New Light on Lomazzo’s Artistic Career / Mauro Pavesi 40
3. Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla: Poet, Painter, Draughtsman, and Printmaker between Milan and Rome / Alessia Alberti 63
4. Lomazzo vs. Luini: Comparative Aesthetics / Lucia Tantardini 90
5. 'De la gran Cantona i chiari honori': Caterina Cantoni, Lomazzo, and the Accademia della Val di Blenio / Silvia Mausoli 109
6. Lomazzo’s Two Pupils: 'first is Figino, and then Ciocca' / Federico Cavalieri and Mauro Pavesi 131
7. Lomazzo’s Influence on Decorative Patterns in Sculptural Workshops Before and After 1600 / Paolo Sanvito 152
Afterword: Lomazzo’s Shadow / Alexander Marr 171
Appendices 177
Bibliography 187
Index of Proper Nouns 211
Index of Places 219
