The Arte of Limning by Nicholas Hilliard
Treatise on the Arte of Limning is one of the most important documents in the history of English art. Published in paperback for the first time, this edition provides a transcript of the original manuscript copy facing a modernised version, extensively annotated. The substantial introduction explores the history of the Treatise, the life of its author, its historical and artistic context, and the technique of limning. The Treatise combines elegance, information, personal forthrightness and spirited observation.
Nicholas Hilliard, the first major painter whose name we know, painted the minature portraits from which we recognise many of the people of the court of Elizabeth I. His technique 'limning' which utilised water-based pigments, was considered among the highest pictorial arts. T.G.S. Cain is the head of the School of ENglish at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and a specialist in the early seventeenth-century period.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780856359712 |
| ISBN 10 | 0856359718 |
| Title | The Arte of Limning |
| Author | Edward Norgate |
| Series | Fyfield Books |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Year published | 1995-03-26 |
| Number of pages | 120 |
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