{"product_id":"practical-discourses-on-the-most-noble-art-of-painting","title":"Practical Discourses on the Most Noble Art of Painting","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJusepe Martínez\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Edited by Zahira Véliz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by David McGrath and Zahira Véliz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJusepe Martínez’s \u003cem\u003ePractical Discourses on the Most Noble Art of Painting \u003c\/em\u003e(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 \u003cem\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/em\u003e, which, while circulated in manuscript copies, was not even published until the mid-nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartínez wrote the \u003cem\u003eDiscourses \u003c\/em\u003etoward 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMartínez’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 Véliz’s introduction and notes provide historical context and situate Martínez’s ideas in his rich cultural milieu. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZahira Véliz 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e144 pages \u003cbr\u003e7 x 10 inches\u003cbr\u003e13 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-1-60606-528-0\u003cbr\u003epaperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGetty Publications\u003cbr\u003eImprint: Getty Research Institute\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Texts \u0026amp; Documents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GETTY TRUST PUBLICATIONS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67766011330692,"sku":"mxd1792577056112","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4879\/7316\/files\/practical-discourses-on-the-most-noble-art-of-painting_1.jpg?v=1792577060","url":"https:\/\/www.gelnorix.com\/products\/practical-discourses-on-the-most-noble-art-of-painting","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}