Lomazzo’s Aesthetic Principles Reflected in the Art of his Time

Rebecca Norris, Ph.D. (2014, University of Cambridge) is Adjunct Professor at Claremont Graduate University. She has published articles on North-Italian Renaissance art including “Women on the Edge: The Saletta delle Dame of the Palazzo Salvadego in Brescia” in The Music Room in Early Modern France and Italy (Oxford University Press, 2012). Lucia Tantardini, Ph.D. (2014, University of Cambridge) is a Department Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. She has published articles on Renaissance Milan and is working on two books: Aurelio Luini (ca. 1530–93). The Complete Paintings and Drawings (Bozzi, 2021), and Drawing in Renaissance Milan (Routledge, 2021).

Preface

 Lucia Tantardini

Foreword: Lomazzo's Temple

 Roberto Paolo Ciardi

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Maps

List of Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Notes

Chronology of Lomazzo’s Life and Career



Introduction: Lomazzo Studies: Getting the Whole Picture

 Jean Julia Chai



1 ‘Oh blessed, excellent mind and hands!’: Lomazzo’s Admiration for Gaudenzio Ferrari

 Rossana Sacchi



2 New Light on Lomazzo’s Artistic Career

 Mauro Pavesi



3 Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla: Poet, Painter, Draughtsman, and Printmaker between Milan and Rome

 Alessia Alberti



4 Lomazzo vs. Luini: Comparative Aesthetics

 Lucia Tantardini



5 ‘De la gran Cantona i chiari honori’: Caterina Cantoni, Lomazzo, and the Accademia della Val di Blenio

 Silvia Mausoli



6 Lomazzo’s Two Pupils: ‘first is Figino, and then Ciocca’

 Federico Cavalieri and Mauro Pavesi



7 Lomazzo’s Influence on Decorative Patterns in Sculptural Workshops Before and After 1600

 Paolo Sanvito



Afterword: Lomazzo's Shadow

 Alexander Marr

Appendices

Bibliography

Index of Proper Names

Index of Places