Leonardo da Vinci's Paragone : : a critical interpretation with a new edition of the text in the Codex Urbinas / / by Claire J. Farago.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 25
• VerfasserIn: Farago, Claire J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1992.
• Year of Publication: 1992
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 25.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (492 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Revision of author's thesis.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Chapter One: The Paragone /; Chapter Two: The Rivalry of the Arts in Leonardo's Time /; Chapter Three: Leonardo's Defense of Painting /; Chapter Four: Leonardo's Contribution to the Paragone Tradition /; Introduction /; Appendix I: \'Trattato Sequences\' in Leonardo's Writings. /; Appendix 2: Guide to Related Passages in the Original Manuscripts /; Consolidated Bibliography /; Photographic Acknowledgments /; Index /; Paragone delle arti.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004246746
• ISSN: 0920-8607
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Claire J. Farago.

Leonardo da Vinci's arguments for the supremacy of painting over the arts of poetry, music, and sculpture address issues that have been relevant to debates over the nature of representation since the time Plato discussed imitation until today, maintains Claire Farago in this wide-ranging critical analysis of the first important modern contribution to the comparison of the arts. This study systematically examines 46 passages compiled in the mid-sixteenth century from eighteen of Leonardo's notebooks and their relationship to the artist's holograph writings on painting, providing a critical transcription newly made from the Codex Vaticanus Urbinas 1270 and a new English translation with extensive notes that take into account Leonardo's scientific terminology, the highly contrived form of his rhetorical argumentation, and the role played by his original editors.