{"product_id":"lorenzo-ghibertis-second-commentary-in-context-with-a-new-transcription-english-translation-and-commentary-9798218008642","title":"Lorenzo Ghiberti's Second Commentary in Context, with a New Transcription, English Translation, and Commentary","description":"\u003cp\u003eLorenzo Ghiberti's unfinished Commentaries is the earliest surviving writing by a great artist about the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprinciples and goals of art, about his own art, and about the attributes and means necessary for the artist to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eproduce excellent art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I of this study reevaluates the character and purpose of Ghiberti's book and examines its content, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estructure and organization, sources, dating, literary quality and style, and its place in the literature of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItalian art. It describes each of the book's three commentaries and shows how they are interrelated and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etogether form a coherent whole. It discusses Ghiberti's deliberate selection of the excerpts from Latin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eancient and medieval texts that comprise most of the first and third commentaries and his selection of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eartists and works recorded in the second commentary, and it explores the rationale behind these choices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile all three commentaries contribute to understanding Ghiberti's interests and intent, the second\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecommentary is the fulcrum of his book and can be fully appreciated only in the context of his writing as a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhole. At the same time, it is important in its own right as a key source of information on late thirteenth-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand fourteenth-century Tuscan and Roman painting and sculpture and Ghiberti's art. Unlike the poorly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etranslated, defective, and often incomprehensible excerpts in the first and third commentaries, the second\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecommentary was written almost entirely in Ghiberti's own words and is easily understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Part II presents a new transcription and annotated English translation of this primary document for the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehistory of early Renaissance art and the history of art criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Jones Design\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218008642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.95d","brand":"Janice L. Hurd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43166179688629,"sku":"9798218008642","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d1f21cc1-e9f5-45b2-964c-fd72f09ca757.jpg?v=1696921993","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lorenzo-ghibertis-second-commentary-in-context-with-a-new-transcription-english-translation-and-commentary-9798218008642","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}