Drawing in Early Renaissance Italy; Revised

During the fifteenth century drawing developed from a subsidiary role in the production of finished paintings to an art form in its own right. In this beautiful book, Francis Ames-Lewis examines the works of the major draughtsmen of the century -- Pisanello, Jacopo Bellini, Pollaiuolo, Ghirlandaio, Carpaccio, and Leonardo -- in order to discuss the new types of drawing that evolved.

Francis Ames-Lewis is Professor of the History of Renaissance Art at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Photographic Acknowledgements

xi

Some General Considerations

1

(18)

Written Sources

1

(1)

The Status of Drawing in the Fifteenth Century

2

(5)

Survival of Drawings

7

(6)

The Problem

7

(3)

Regional Differences

10

(1)

Collecting

11

(2)

The Origins of Drawing

13

(2)

Drawing in Workshop Training

15

(2)

Drawing in Artistic Exploration

17

(2)

Drawing Surfaces

19

(16)

Parchment and other Small-Scale Surfaces

19

(2)

Paper

21

(2)

`Sinopie' and Cartoons

23

(12)

Techniques

35

(28)

Silverpoint Drawing

35

(11)

Drawing with Pen and Ink

46

(7)

Chalk Drawing

53

(6)

Brush Drawing

59

(4)

Model-Books and SketcBooks

63

(28)

The Model-Book and its Functions

63

(6)

Pisanello: The Transition from Model-Book to SketcBook

69

(10)

Drawing-Books in Early Quattrocento Tuscany

79

(5)

From SketcBook to Portfolio `Pattern' Drawing

84

(7)

Figure Drawing

91

(34)

Study of the Nude in Florence

91

(13)

Sculptural Drawing

104

(6)

Figure Drawing Outside Florence

110

(7)

Figure Groups

117

(8)

Compositional Drawings

125

(44)

Compositional Drawings in Drawing-Books

125

(3)

Contract Drawings

128

(4)

Compositional Sketching

132

(6)

The Evolution of a Pictorial Design

138

(31)

North Italy

138

(8)

Domenico Ghirlandaio

146

(15)

Leonardo Da Vinci

161

(8)

Epilogue: The Quattrocento Legacy

169

(12)

Notes to the Text

181

(4)

Bibliography

185

(4)

Glossary

189

(3)

Index

192

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