Dec 27, 2005 this book is a bizarre publication, a melange of two earlier editions. See more ideas about medieval manuscript, medieval, medieval art. More information about this seller contact this seller 14. He is known to history only through a surviving portfolio or sketchbook containing about 250 drawings and designs of a wide variety of subjects. Architetto e disegnatore attivo nel primo terzo del secolo. He is known to history only through a surviving portfolio or sketchbook.
The author analyses the tools and inks used, villards drawing technique and style, and evaluates villard as an artistdraftsman. Some wear to corners and edges otherwise nice and clean throughout. Henry villard april 10, 1835 november 12, 1900 was an american journalist and financier who was an early president of the northern pacific railway born and raised ferdinand heinrich gustav hilgard in the rhenish palatinate of the kingdom of bavaria, villard clashed with his more conservative father over politics, and was sent to a semimilitary academy in northeastern france. Although his contemporary reputation was such that he was invited to hungary, little is actually known of his responsibilities or role in the construction of specific churches.
The book is made up of sketches and writings concerning architectural practices current during the th. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. A new critical edition and color facsimile, burlington u. The introduction and captions are taken from the 1959 facsimile edition by theodore bowie. Review of francois bucher, architector, the lodge books and sketch books of medieval architects, vol. A critical bibliography boston, 1982 this book won the oakland university college of arts and sciences marian p. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. On it the artist has proudly inscribed note well that this was drawn from life. Lassus and according to his manuscripts by alfred darcel date of the original edition. The artist and his drawings a critical bibliography, boston, mass 1982.
He addressed his portfolio, which he termed a book, to no one in particular. The book had apparently been a family heirloom since the late fifteenth century. The canons of page construction are historical reconstructions, based on careful measurement. Besides the information villard gives us in the book, we dont know. This book is a bizarre publication, a melange of two earlier editions. It is unclear whether it was villard himself or a later party who assembled and bound the leaves into a book. There is no record of him in any known contract, guild register, inscription, payment receipt, tax record, or any other type of evidence from which the names of medieval.