On Divers Arts: The Foremost Medieval Treatis on Painting, Glassmaking and Metalwork

First printed in the 12th century, here is the earliest treatise on the arts written by a practicing artist. Offering an essential understanding of pre-Renaissance art and technology, the Benedictine author details pigments, glass blowing, stained glass, gold and silver work, and more — information of great importance to craftsmen and historians of art and science. Includes 34 illustrations.

• Author
• Theophilus, John G. Hawthorne, C.S. Smith

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 216

• Publisher
• Dover Publications

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780486237848

• Genres
• art, history, medieval, reference

• Release date
• 1979