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Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
Collection
Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
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Image No.:
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200113
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Title:
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Hypnerotomachie, ou Discours du Songe de Poliphile
WorkTitleDescription
Hypnerotomachie, ou Discours du Songe de Poliphile
Title
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[An arbor on the bank of the river on the island]
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[An arbor on the bank of the river on the island]
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Dates:
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1561
WorkDateDisplay
1561
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Location:
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Europe--France--Ile- de-France--Paris
WorkLocationDescript ion
Europe--France--Ile- de-France--Paris
Location
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Location Type:
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Creation
WorkLocationTypeDesc ription
Creation
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Culture:
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French
WorkCultureDescripti on
French
Culture
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Period:
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Renaissance
WorkStylePeriodDescr iption
Renaissance
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Creator:
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author
Colonna, Francesco
Attributed
1433/34-1527
Italian
WorkCreatorRole]|#Wo rkCreatorDisplayName ]|#WorkCreatorNameTy peDescription]|#Work CreatorDisplayDate]| #WorkCreatorNational ity
author
Colonna, Francesco
Attributed
1433/34-1527
Italian
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Materials:
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paper
WorkMaterialDescript ion
paper
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Techniques:
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woodcut (process)
WorkTechniqueDescrip tion
woodcut (process)
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Measurements:
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33.8 x 22.2 cm
WorkMeasurementValue Text
33.8 x 22.2 cm
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Repository:
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New York, NY, USA, Private Collection, New York
WorkRepositoryName
New York, NY, USA, Private Collection, New York
Repository
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Category:
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Villas
WorkCategory
Villas
Category
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Work Type:
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Books
WorkTypeDescription
Books
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Subjects:
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Romances; Pleasure gardens; Dreams; Berceaux; Rivers; Paradise; Fruit trees; Arbors
ReproSubjectDescript ion
Romances; Pleasure gardens; Dreams; Berceaux; Rivers; Paradise; Fruit trees; Arbors
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Work Notes:
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Collation: a6 A-Bb6 Cc8 = 164 ff., complete. With engraved woodcut title-page and 181 woodcuts illustrating the text, of which 13 are full-page, several crible initials in preliminary text, large 9-line floriated arabesque initials forming an acrostic throughout, Kerver's unicorn device (Renouard 515) on verso of final leaf. Folio, 338 x 222 mm, bound in nineteenth-century calf, marbled endpapers.
A superb French Edition of the most famous illustrated book of the Renaissance. A large number of these magnificent illustrations are dedicated to gardens. The designer of the original 1499 Aldus woodcuts remains unidentified although speculation has included artists such as Mantegna and Giovanni Bellini. Nor has the author of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili been identified with certainty. It was probably written by Francesco Colonna, a Dominican from Treviso, in Latin about 1445. Its two main themes are the allegorical dream-journey of Poliphilus in search of his love Polia, and the praise of Antique art and culture.
WorkNotes
Collation: a6 A-Bb6 Cc8 = 164 ff., complete. With engraved woodcut title-page and 181 woodcuts illustrating the text, of which 13 are full-page, several crible initials in preliminary text, large 9-line floriated arabesque initials forming an acrostic throughout, Kerver's unicorn device (Renouard 515) on verso of final leaf. Folio, 338 x 222 mm, bound in nineteenth-century calf, marbled endpapers.
A superb French Edition of the most famous illustrated book of the Renaissance. A large number of these magnificent illustrations are dedicated to gardens. The designer of the original 1499 Aldus woodcuts remains unidentified although speculation has included artists such as Mantegna and Giovanni Bellini. Nor has the author of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili been identified with certainty. It was probably written by Francesco Colonna, a Dominican from Treviso, in Latin about 1445. Its two main themes are the allegorical dream-journey of Poliphilus in search of his love Polia, and the praise of Antique art and culture.
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Image Notes:
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"Upon the handsome banks on each side of the river, orange, citron and lemon trees were distributed in harmonious order, three paces tall from the trunk to the top. The trunks rose for one pace before the branches began to spread out, then the branches met and were cleverly interwoven with each other so as to make an arch that was three paces from the ground to the summit."
ReproNotes
"Upon the handsome banks on each side of the river, orange, citron and lemon trees were distributed in harmonious order, three paces tall from the trunk to the top. The trunks rose for one pace before the branches began to spread out, then the branches met and were cleverly interwoven with each other so as to make an arch that was three paces from the ground to the summit."
Image Notes
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Rights Type:
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fair use
ReproRightsDetails
fair use
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