An unknown manuscript translation by John Thorpe of Du Cerceau's Perspective

Author

Höltgen, Karl Josef

Document type

Article (livre)

Language

English

Book title

England and the continental Renaissance : essays in honour of J.B. Trapp

Author (monograph)

Chaney, Edward (Editor, Collective Author); Mack, Peter (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

England and the continental Renaissance : essays in honour of J.B. Trapp. 1990, 215-228, 12 ill.

Publisher

Boydell, Woodbridge (gbr)

Publication country

United Kingdom

Abstract (en)

Two copies of the original edition of du Cerceau's Leçons de perspective positive (Paris 1576) contain manuscript translations in English, one by Thorpe and another, after Thorpe, in a 17th c. hand (Oxford, Bodleian Library).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Prints and illustration -- France
• Thorpe, John, ca.1563-ca.1655
• Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques, the elder, b.1510-1512, d.1585
• Leçons de perspective positive
• Oxford University, Bodleian Library||Oxford (GBR)
• Treatises
• Perspective
• Translations
• Books
• Writings

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Estampe et illustration -- France
• Thorpe, John, v.1563-v.1655
• Leçons de perspective positive
• Oxford University, Bodleian Library||Oxford (GBR)
• Traité
• Perspective
• Traduction
• Livre
• Ecrits

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910701-00457473

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