La pittura comparata, nelle opere principali di tutte le scuole con incisioni a contorno
A comparative survey of European painting published in Rome in 1816 by Giuseppe Antonio Guattani with engravings by Stanislao Morelli, arranged by painting school for students and connoisseurs. The four plates are outline engravings of religious and mythological scenes, several printed sideways on the page, showing how composition and figure grouping were set out in each regional school. A designer could take from them the simple contour drawing style, the oval vignette framing, and the dense multi-figure arrangements.
