The objective of this paper is to analyse some drawings relating to the artistic techniques in the Diderot’s encyclopedia (first volume, 1751). The encyclopedia is still now considered the laic bible of the century of the lights. It has been selected some of the most significant pictures concerning to drawing, painting, mosaic, sculpture and endgraving, showing the rich interconnections between these different kinds of art and the drawing, from whom all of them was born.
Drawings concerning Artistic Techniques in the Diderot’s and D’Alembert’s Encyclopaedia / Chiavoni, Emanuela. - STAMPA. - (2013), pp. 185-192. (Intervento presentato al convegno 32nd International Congress of the Italian Society of Historians of Physics and Astronomy tenutosi a Roma nel 27-29 settembre 2012).
Drawings concerning Artistic Techniques in the Diderot’s and D’Alembert’s Encyclopaedia
CHIAVONI, Emanuela
2013
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to analyse some drawings relating to the artistic techniques in the Diderot’s encyclopedia (first volume, 1751). The encyclopedia is still now considered the laic bible of the century of the lights. It has been selected some of the most significant pictures concerning to drawing, painting, mosaic, sculpture and endgraving, showing the rich interconnections between these different kinds of art and the drawing, from whom all of them was born.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
