Le due regole della prospettiva pratica di M. Iacomo Barozzi da Vignola
![Le due regole della prospettiva pratica di M. Iacomo Barozzi da Vignola by Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola|Ignazio Danti|Francesco Zanetti|Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/le-due-regole-della-prospettiva-pratica-di-m-370679.webp)
Medium
Printed book with woodcut, etched, and engraved illustrations
Dimensions
13 9/16 × 9 11/16 × 1 in. (34.5 × 24.6 × 2.6 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession Number
41.100.158
Art Historical Context
Step into the world of Renaissance ingenuity with *Le due regole della prospettiva di M. Iacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1583), a printed book on the practical rules of perspective by the esteemed architect Giacomo Barozzi daola. Published a decade after Vignola's death, this treatise distills his expertise into two fundamental methods for creating depth and realism in art and architecture—essential tools during the High Renaissance when artists like Raphael and Michelangelo were revolutionizing spatial representation. Housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, this ...
About the Artist
Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola|Ignazio Danti|Francesco Zanetti|Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) (Italian|Italian) · 1710 |1507 –1782 |1573
Italian, 1710–1782|Italian, Vignola 1507–1573 Rome