Con Privilegio. In Vinegia: per Pauolo Gherardo., M. D. XLVIII.
Physical Description
34 f.; 147 mm. (Quarto.)
Contents
[T.p., dedic.] - Paolo Pino Alli Lettori - [Text]; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
The title-page vignette and decorated initials are unsigned.
The colophon reads: 'In Vinegia per Comin da Trino di Monferrato, L'anno M. D. XLVIII.'
The work is dedicated by Paolo Pino 'All'Illustrissimo Signor Francesco Donato Prencipe Di Vinegia'.
References
A. Mazza, Paolo Pino, teorico d'arte e artista: il restauro della pala di Scorzè (1992); M. Pardo, Paolo Pino's Dialogo di pittura: a translation with commentary (Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1984); F. Bernabei, 'L'ombra, la cosa, il lavoro', in A. Ven., 32 (1978), p.147-52; R. Pallucchini, La critica d'arte a Venezia nel cinquecento (1943).
Summary Note
The dialogue takes place between a Venetian and a Tuscan. Remarks on feminine beauty lead to a discussion on beauty as intermediate between art and nature, the need for rules of perspective and proportion, the status of painting as a liberal art, based on the nobility of drawing (disegno). Painting is said to consist of disegno, inventione and colore. The Venetian praises the handling of colour by Giorgione and Titian, and argues for the superiority of painting over sculpture.
The book is adorned with a title-page vignette (representing an eagle, the device of bookseller Paolo Gerardo) and three decorated initials.
Reproductions
A microfilm was made by the British Library in 1996. A critical edition by S. Falabella was published in 2000 (Roma: Lithos).
Copy Note
The title-page is inscribed in ink, 'Ex Biblth. Minim SS. Trin in monte Pinc'; there are marginal annotations in ink in the same (?) hand on leaves 13, 22. Many passages of text are underlined in pencil.
Binding Note
16th-century white vellum, upper and lower covers having gilt borders; gilt-decorated spine lettered 'Pin Dial Dei Pitt'.
Subject
Art - Painting - Theory
Painting - Italy - 16th century - Renaissance
Dialogues - Treatises - Art criticism - Italy - Venice - 16th century - Renaissance