JOACHIM VON SANDRART (1606-1688)

Sandrart was a German artist and writer chiefly remembered for this introduction to the arts of architecture, painting and sculpture. The product of diligent research and magnificent engraving, the volumes contain over 260 full-page or doublespread engraved plates. The text discusses and the plates illustrate etching and engraving, drawing, colors, fresco painting, Roman architecture, city and garden views, and sculpture. There are sections on art collections, a study of iconography, and biographies of individual artists who were Sandrart's contemporaries, including Cranach.

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