Gian Paolo Lomazzo Artist

Gian Paolo Lomazzo (26 April 1538 – 27 January 1592; his first name is sometimes also given as "Giovan" or "Giovanni") was an Italian painter, best remembered for his writings on art theory, belonging to the second generation that produced Mannerism in Italian art and architecture.

Personal facts

Gian Paolo Lomazzo
Birth dateApril 26, 1538
Birth place
Milan
Nationality
Italy
Date of deathJanuary 27, 1592
Place of death
Milan

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Artist

Field of work
Painting
Art Criticism
Movement
Italian Renaissance

Topical connections

Galileo GalileiScientist
Arnold HoubrakenArtist
Albrecht DürerArtist

Gian Paolo Lomazzo on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://issuu.com/s.c.williams-library/docs/lomazzo
  2. http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15324coll10/id/90258/rec/1
  3. http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15324coll10/id/96665
  4. http://www.ambrosiana.it/ita/pinacoteca_sala_dett.asp?sala=11&pagina=5
  5. http://www.arthistoricum.net/kunstform/rezension/ausgabe/2005/01/6775
  6. http://www.artnet.com/library/05/0516/T051601.asp
  7. http://www.cassiciaco.it/ita/001ago/pittori/lomazzo.htm
  8. http://www.sapere.it/tca/MainApp?srvc=vr&url=/1/3954_1
  9. https://sites.google.com/site/kunstfilosofiesite/Home/texts/lomazzo-the-composition-of-grotesques