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Giovanni Paolo LOMAZZO, Trattato del l'arte de la pittura di Gio. Paolo Lomazzo: diuiso in sette libri: ne' quali si contiene tutta la theorica and la prettica d'ella pittura. In Milano: appresso Paolo Gottardo Pontio, 1584.
Acquisition made on May 17th 1951.
Considered the Bible of Mannerism, this treatise is divided into seven books: proportion, movements, colours, light and shade, linear perspective, the practice of painting and materials. The picture shows us the cover of the first book, corresponding to the natural and artificial proportion of things.