Practical Discourses on the Most Noble Art of Painting
Jusepe MartĂnez
Edited by Zahira VĂ©liz
Translated by David McGrath and Zahira VĂ©liz
Jusepe MartĂnez’s Practical Discourses on the Most Noble Art of Painting (ca. 1673–75), though little known today, was highly influential on art, artists, and artistic practice and theory in Spain long after its publication. This volume is the first English translation of the Discourses, which, while circulated in manuscript copies, was not even published until the mid-nineteenth century.
MartĂnez wrote the Discourses toward the end of his life as a well-traveled professional artist who had studied and worked in Italy and the major artistic and literary centers of Spain; his ideas were especially enriched by his participation in the elevated cultural life of his native Aragonese school. His discussions on art offer anecdotal knowledge from his friendships with many of the principal artists of Spain’s Golden Age, including Diego Velázquez and Alonso Cano, as well as writers and intellectuals of the period.
MartĂnez’s text stands out for a nuanced humanism that is rare in practical treatises. Along with his original ideas on handling, pictorial aesthetics, and the vocation of painting, his work has even more affinities with philosophical discourses than with artists’ practical instructional books. Zahira VĂ©liz’s introduction and notes provide historical context and situate MartĂnez’s ideas in his rich cultural milieu.
Zahira VĂ©liz is senior conservator of paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. David McGrath is a visiting research fellow in the Department of Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American Studies at King’s College, London.Â
144 pages
7 x 10 inches
13 b/w illustrations
ISBN 978-1-60606-528-0
paperback
Getty Publications
Imprint: Getty Research Institute
Series: Texts & Documents
2017
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Jusepe MartĂnez
Edited by Zahira VĂ©liz
Translated by David McGrath and Zahira VĂ©liz
Jusepe MartĂnez’s Practical Discourses on the Most Noble Art of Painting (ca. 1673–75), though little known today, was highly influential on art, artists, and artistic practice and theory in Spain long after its publication. This volume is the first English translation of the Discourses, which, while circulated in manuscript copies, was not even published until the mid-nineteenth century.
MartĂnez wrote the Discourses toward the end of his life as a well-traveled professional artist who had studied and worked in Italy and the major artistic and literary centers of Spain; his ideas were especially enriched by his participation in the elevated cultural life of his native Aragonese school. His discussions on art offer anecdotal knowledge from his friendships with many of the principal artists of Spain’s Golden Age, including Diego Velázquez and Alonso Cano, as well as writers and intellectuals of the period.
MartĂnez’s text stands out for a nuanced humanism that is rare in practical treatises. Along with his original ideas on handling, pictorial aesthetics, and the vocation of painting, his work has even more affinities with philosophical discourses than with artists’ practical instructional books. Zahira VĂ©liz’s introduction and notes provide historical context and situate MartĂnez’s ideas in his rich cultural milieu.
Zahira VĂ©liz is senior conservator of paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. David McGrath is a visiting research fellow in the Department of Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American Studies at King’s College, London.Â
144 pages
7 x 10 inches
13 b/w illustrations
ISBN 978-1-60606-528-0
paperback
Getty Publications
Imprint: Getty Research Institute
Series: Texts & Documents
2017
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Jusepe MartĂnez
Edited by Zahira VĂ©liz
Translated by David McGrath and Zahira VĂ©liz
Jusepe MartĂnez’s Practical Discourses on the Most Noble Art of Painting (ca. 1673–75), though little known today, was highly influential on art, artists, and artistic practice and theory in Spain long after its publication. This volume is the first English translation of the Discourses, which, while circulated in manuscript copies, was not even published until the mid-nineteenth century.
MartĂnez wrote the Discourses toward the end of his life as a well-traveled professional artist who had studied and worked in Italy and the major artistic and literary centers of Spain; his ideas were especially enriched by his participation in the elevated cultural life of his native Aragonese school. His discussions on art offer anecdotal knowledge from his friendships with many of the principal artists of Spain’s Golden Age, including Diego Velázquez and Alonso Cano, as well as writers and intellectuals of the period.
MartĂnez’s text stands out for a nuanced humanism that is rare in practical treatises. Along with his original ideas on handling, pictorial aesthetics, and the vocation of painting, his work has even more affinities with philosophical discourses than with artists’ practical instructional books. Zahira VĂ©liz’s introduction and notes provide historical context and situate MartĂnez’s ideas in his rich cultural milieu.
Zahira VĂ©liz is senior conservator of paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. David McGrath is a visiting research fellow in the Department of Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American Studies at King’s College, London.Â
144 pages
7 x 10 inches
13 b/w illustrations
ISBN 978-1-60606-528-0
paperback
Getty Publications
Imprint: Getty Research Institute
Series: Texts & Documents
2017
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