Renaissance Colour Symbolism: Primary Sources - Paperback

by Roy Osborne (Author)

'Renaissance Colour Symbolism: Primary Sources' brings together original, annotated translations of 'Le Blason de toutes armes et escutz' (1495) by the Sicily Herald (Jean Courtois), 'Le Blason des couleurs en armes, livrées et devises' (1527) by Gilles Corrozet, 'Libellus de coloribus' (1528) by Antonio Telesio (Thylesius), and 'Del significato de' colori' (1535) by Fulvio Pellegrino Morato, as well as parts of 'The Accedence of Armorie' (1562/1612) by Gerard Leigh, and 'Trattato dell'arte della pittura, scoltura, et architettura' (1585) by Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo. The original texts accompany the translations.