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Libri antichi e moderni

Franciscus Junius

[2 vol.] The Literature of Classical Art. 1. The Painting of the Ancients: De Pictura Veterum according to the English translation (1638). 2. A Lexicon of Artists and Their Works: Catalogus Architectorum. translated from the original Latin of 1694. Edited by Keith Aldrich, Philipp Fehl, Raina Fehl.

Berkeley - Los Angeles - Oxford : Universit of California Press, 1991.,

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Autore
Franciscus Junius
Editori
Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oxford : Universit of California Press, 1991.
Formato
LXXXIII, 418, VIII, 611 p., ill. Original cloth.
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No
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Inglese
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From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly stained edge, otherwise very good and clean. / Leicht angeschmutzter Schnitt, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - Franciscus Junius (29 January 1591 � 1677), also known as Fran�s du Jon, was a pioneer of Germanic philology. As a collector of ancient manuscripts, he published the first modern editions of a number of important texts. In addition, he wrote the first comprehensive overview of ancient writings on the visual arts, which became a cornerstone of classical art theories throughout Europe. In 1617, he became a pastor at Hillegersberg, near Rotterdam. He resigned this position the following year, after he refused to take sides in a theological conflict in the Dutch Reformed Church, centering on faith out of free will as advocated by Jacobus Arminius or faith out of predestination, as defended by Junius' uncle Franciscus Gomarus. After his resignation, Junius elected to travel instead: he visited first France, and then moved to England, where in 1620 he was employed by Thomas Howard, earl of Arundel, as a tutor to his son, and later as librarian. It was for Arundel, an avid collector of Greek and Roman art objects, that Junius wrote his De pictura veterum, a theoretical discussion of classical art and one of the cornerstones of the Neoclassical movement. Published in 1637 in Latin, it was followed by his own translations into English (1638) and Dutch (1641); the latter edition was written with a readership of artists in mind. In his later life, Junius devoted himself to the study of the Old Germanic languages. His work, while intrinsically valuable, is particularly important as having aroused interest in a subject that at the time was often neglected. (Wikipedia)
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