Von der Kunnst Perspectiva by Jean Pélerin, called Viator - 1509: De artificiali perspectiva, in German
by Jean Pélerin, called Viator
Von der Kunnst Perspectiva: De artificiali perspectiva, in German
by Jean Pélerin, called Viator
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The first printed treatise on perspective in German translation - 37 full-page woodcuts
When Jean Pélerin's publication, De artificiali perspectiva, appeared in Toul, France in 1505, the first tracts on perspective by Leon Battista Alberti, De pictura, Piero della Francesca, De perspectiva pingendi, and Leonardo da Vinci existed only in manuscript form. It was not only the first printed treatise on perspective and the first work on linear perspective outside of Italy but was, moreover, the first book printed at Toul.
The first diagrams demonstrate how the viewing frustum (or pyramid of vision) works. In the following, woodcuts, landscapes, buildings (interior and exterior views), and bridges serve to illustrate his approaches to perspective. Some of the buildings are known monuments, such as Notre Dame in Paris, the interior of the Palais de Justice in Rouen, or a chapel at Maillezais in Vendée.
This edition is even rarer than the Latin first edition, of which about twenty-two copies are known.
When Jean Pélerin's publication, De artificiali perspectiva, appeared in Toul, France in 1505, the first tracts on perspective by Leon Battista Alberti, De pictura, Piero della Francesca, De perspectiva pingendi, and Leonardo da Vinci existed only in manuscript form. It was not only the first printed treatise on perspective and the first work on linear perspective outside of Italy but was, moreover, the first book printed at Toul.
The first diagrams demonstrate how the viewing frustum (or pyramid of vision) works. In the following, woodcuts, landscapes, buildings (interior and exterior views), and bridges serve to illustrate his approaches to perspective. Some of the buildings are known monuments, such as Notre Dame in Paris, the interior of the Palais de Justice in Rouen, or a chapel at Maillezais in Vendée.
This edition is even rarer than the Latin first edition, of which about twenty-two copies are known.
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- Format/Binding Later (18th century?) vellum binding, ties missing.
- Book Condition Used
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First German edition
- Publisher Jörg Glockendon
- Place of Publication Nuremberg
- Date Published 1509
- Size c. 270 x 180 mm
- Keywords art, history, artistic technique, art books, german printing
- Size c. 270 x 180 mm
