Della simmetria de i corpi humani, libri quattro

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528 · 1591 · In Venetia : Presso Domenico Nicolini · 28 pictures

Della simmetria de i corpi humani is a 1591 Venetian edition of Albrecht Dürer's four-book treatise on human proportion, printed by Domenico Nicolini for artists and students of the figure. Its pictures are engraved figure diagrams with measurement grids, ruled lines and annotated body parts, showing how a designer might build a standing figure from geometric construction.

Human figure in art · Proportion (Art) · Human figure in art -- Early works to 1800 · Proportion (Art) -- Early works to 1800 · Proportion (Anthropometry) -- Early works to 1800 · Anatomy, Artistic -- Early works to 1800 · Human Body -- in art · Proportion (Anthropometry) · Anatomy, Artistic

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