[Dialogo della pittura intitolato l'Aretino., English., 1770.]
Imprint
Glasgow:: Printed for Robert Urie., MDCCCLXX.
Physical Description
218, [2] p.; 257 mm. (Quarto.)
Contents
[T.p., dedic.] - Preface - [Latin verses on the origin of painting] - [Text] - Index - [Publisher's advertisement].
Responsibility Note
The translation is published annymously here. The British Library records that the dedication of the London edition (1770) is inscribed 'W. Brown'.
The translation is dedicated to King George III.
References
ESTC, N29695
D.R.E. Wright, 'Structure and significance in Dolce's L'Aretino', in J. Aesth. and A. Crit., 45 (1987), p.273-83. Trattati d'arte del cinquecento, ed. P. Barocchi (3 v., 1960-2).
Summary Note
The publication-date on the title-page is a misprint for MDCCLXX. A work with the same title was published in London in the same year.
The Dialogue was first published in 1557. Dolce argues for the superiority of Venetian to Florentine painting. But though an admirer of Titian he also praised the work of Raphael, whom he esteemed more highly than Michelangelo.
Reproductions
An electronic reproduction was published in 2003 (Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale). A microfilm version was published in 2000 (Woodbridge, Conn.: Primary Source Microfilm [imprint of Gale Group]).
Provenance
The front loose endpaper is inscribed in ink, 'Bequest of Sir Aug. Callcott.'
Binding Note
18th-century calf; rebacked in 1990, retaining earlier black morocco spine-label lettered 'Dialogue On Painting'.
Subject
Painting - Painting, European - Theory - Italy - History - 16th century
Art criticism - Art history - Dialogues - Essays - Italy - History - 16th century
Translations into English - Translations from Italian - Great Britain - 18th century