Les images ou tableaux de platte peinture des deux Philostrates sophistes grecs, et Les statues de Callistrate

Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century, Philostratus, the Lemnian, 3rd cent, Callistratus, active 3rd century/4th century. Descriptions. French, Vigenère, Blaise de, 1523-1596, Artus, Thomas, sieur d'Embry, Gaultier, Léonard, 1561-1641, Leu, Thomas de, 1560-1612, Caron, Antoine, 1521-1599, Isaac, Jaspar, d. 1654 · 1615 · A Paris : Chez la veufue Abel l'Angelier ... et la veufue M. Guillemot ... · 55 pictures

This 1615 Paris edition, printed by the widow of Abel l'Angelier and the widow of M. Guillemot, translates into French by Blaise de Vigenère the ekphrastic descriptions of paintings and statues by the two Philostrati and Callistratus. The pictures are ornamental decorative bands and headpieces in engraved line work, with scrolls, masks, and figures, and a designer might take from them a model for symmetrical cartouche borders and framing strips.

Mythology, Classical, in literature · Mythology, Classical, in art · Sculpture, Classical, in literature

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